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- Museum number
- Af1945,05.16
- Description
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Composite arrow, foliate iron point; with reed shaft.
- Dimensions
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Height: 83 centimetres
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Width: 3 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1945
- Acquisition notes
- Af1945,05.1 to 30 were purchased from Major A Lyall, using the Christy Fund. The register records that it consisted of 'carved wood figures, ceremonial carvings, spoons, gourds and other objects, from the Bissago Islands and Portugese Guinea.' They are here recorded as from the Bissago Islands, but may come from the mainland. It is not known when he acquired them.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1945,05.16