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- Museum number
- As1951,04.77
- Description
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Composite arrow with reed shaft; iron head inserted into shaft and bound with leather or fibre (vegetable?); four feathers flights tied to shaft with leather or fibre (vegetable?). Shaft painted black above flights. Deep notch at end.
- Production date
- early 20thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 78.30 centimetres
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Weight: 38 grammes
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Width: 1.60 centimetres (fletching)
- Curator's comments
- Register: 'Bhils, India. Obtained by donor in 1912.'
This is part of a set of eighteen arrows - As1951,04.73-90 - and a bow - As1951,04.91.
See: Eth.Doc. 1691.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1951
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1951,04.77