Accession No

E 1911.112.32.2


Description

One wooden arrow with heavy conical-shape arrowhead, dipped in poison. Only partial fletching is remained.


Place

Asia; East Asia; Japan


Period

early 20th century


Source

Bevan, Anthony Ashley (Prof.) [monetary donor]; Joyce, Thomas Athol [intermediary]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

MAA: E 1911.112.32; E 1910.88 [incorrect marked on object]; BB 1910.99; AR 1911.799


Cultural Affliation

Ainu


Material

Wood; Feather; Bone; Metal


Local Term


Measurements

20mm x 10mm x 535mm


Events

Context (Field collection)
Collected by Professor Anthony Bevan.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu


Context (Related Documents)
Catalogue card annotated in pencil, under current idno, notes, '1910. ?86, 87, 88. - number on object.' with 86 being crossed out.
Event Date
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for E 1911.112.32-33, handwritten in ball point pen, reads, 'Six arrows (two feathered) armed with heavy conical heads (five of wood and one of bone).'
Event Date
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
These artefacts bear the numbers entered in the Blue Book.
Event Date 1/3/1994
Author: maa


Context (Related Documents)
One copy of typed letter from John Seago, member of the Society of Archer Antiquaries Feb. 1999, to Anita Herle (then curator of America and Oceania), reads, '[...] these were contained in a quiver, which I believe was made as part of a 'Rimankyu' set , such a set would have originally contained a set of much smaller arrows, (shorter), together with a short bow, [...] made of baleen, (whalebone). Such sets were designed to be carried in a palanquin, in much the same way travellers used to carry cased sets of traveling pistols in carriages in Europe)

Letter copy stored with catalogue cards.
Event Date 1999
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu


Description (Physical description)
One wooden arrow with heavy conical-shape arrowhead, dipped in poison. Only partial fletching is remained.
Event Date 6/3/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu


FM:326122

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