Accession No
TEMP.00050
Description
Arrow - A bundle of five arrows, unaccessioned, unprovenanced, and unmarked.
All 5 arrows have a cane shaft and pointed, hardwood, tanged heads. They are all bound with fibre at the base and top where the head meets the shaft.
1 arrow head has a barbed section on either side.
1 arrow head has a small section of barbs on one side.
1 arrow head is tipped with a triangular-shaped arrow head with a small, swallow tailed barb.
1 arrow has a tip that is square in section (Forming a very elongated pyramidal tip) with small horizontal grooves to mark the end of this tip.
1 arrow has a section of elaborately designed notches.
Place
?Pacific ?Oceania
Period
Source
Unknown
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00050
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Cane; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
A bundle of 5 arrows possibly of a ?Pacific design. There are no identifying labels.
Event Date 16/1/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
A bundle of five arrows, unaccessioned, unprovenanced, and unmarked.
All 5 arrows have a cane shaft and pointed, hardwood, tanged heads. They are all bound with fibre at the base and top where the head meets the shaft.
1 arrow head has a barbed section on either side.
1 arrow head has a small section of barbs on one side.
1 arrow head is tipped with a triangular-shaped arrow head with a small, swallow tailed barb.
1 arrow has a tip that is square in section (Forming a very elongated pyramidal tip) with small horizontal grooves to mark the end of this tip.
1 arrow has a section of elaborately designed notches.
Event Date 16/1/2015
Author: maa
FM:267949
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