Accession No
E 1911.112.32.4
Description
One arrow. Shaft of wood with thick foreshaft. Arrowhead not present. No fletching.
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. 87 [incorrect marked on object]; BB 1910.99; AR 1911.798
Cultural Affliation
Ainu
Material
Wood
Local Term
Measurements
15mm x 15mm 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 arrow. Shaft of wood with thick foreshaft. Arrowhead not present. No fletching.
Event Date 6/3/2025
Author: Guey-Mei Hsu
FM:326124
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