Accession No
Z 19934.2-19
Description
Eighteen arrows, most with bamboo shafts and feather fletchings, two with leaf fletchings. Seven have triangular arrowheads with barbed shoulders; five roughly leaf shaped, one with a barb below the shoulder, and one with a barbed shank; one long barbed head; one with split wood and four with a tapered wooden point.
Place
Africa; ?Central Africa; ?Democratic Republic of the Congo
Period
Source
Sieveking (Miss) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 19934.2-19
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bamboo; Feather; Metal
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 19934[.1-19]: 'Cylindrical dark leather quiver, with cap, sling and incised decoration on reinforcing rings. Contains eighteen arrows, which are mostly bamboo-shafted and feather-flighted; three have wooden bodkin heads, the others have leaf-shaped or triangular heads, on long shanks, often with barbs. Found with Z 19933. Labelled '?Congo, Miss Sieveking'.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Eighteen arrows, most with bamboo shafts and feather fletchings, two with leaf fletchings. Seven have triangular arrowheads with barbed shoulders; five roughly leaf shaped, one with a barb below the shoulder, and one with a barbed shank; one long barbed head; one with split wood and four with a tapered wooden point.
Event Date 8/11/2022
Author: maa
FM:300145
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