Context (Display)
Little holes drilled in the shaft suggest that this arrow was exhibited in the past.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for Z 5415: '8 arrows - bamboo, with nicely carved wooden heads'.
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Description (Physical description)
Z Register for Z 5415 A-H: 8 arrows'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Arrow. Point of palm wood with two rows of four bone barbs (some missing), lashed with plant fibre. Point inserted into bamboo shaft, secured with plant fibre binding covered in dark red gum or resin. Shaft has four sections of incised black lines. Section nearest point is decorated with a triangular pattern repeated three times. Flatt butt.
Event Date 2/3/2026
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Acquisition Details)
The entry for Z 5415 A-H in the Z register suggests that the eight arrows were purchased from Mrs Bartholemew in 1908. However, only one (Z 5415 G) bears a label matching this provenance.

By the time the Z numbers were given in the 1920s, some of the arrows had already become dissociated from their acquisition history. It is thus possible that not all the arrows from the Z 5415 A-H bundle were purchased from Mrs Bartholemew. For those not bearing a label, 'Mrs Bartholemew' has been retained as a source but queried, until more information comes to light.
Event Date 2/3/2026
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
When it was entered into the Z register, this arrow was described as originating from Vanuatu [New Hebrides] but was given no further information in terms of geographical provenance or collection history.

However, on four of the eight arrows originally registered as Z 5415 (including this one), the incised decoration on the shaft makes Buka a more likely geographical provenance. The place field has been amended accordingly.
Event Date 2/3/2026
Author: Lucie Carreau