arrow;
quiver
- Museum number
- Af1947,16.230.a-k
- Description
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Two cane arrow-shafts (a-b), straight, smoothed and notched. Arrow-shaft (c) of wood and feathers, notched, with dark substance at distal end. Three wooden arrow-shafts (d-f), formerly feathered; sinew binding at distal end, no foreshaft. Wooden arrow-shaft (g), feathered; sinew binding at distal end, no foreshaft. Wooden arrow-shaft (h) with foreshaft, formerly feathered; sinew and fibre binding. Poisoned wooden arrow-shaft (i) with foreshaft, formerly feathered; sinew and fibre binding. Poisoned arrow (j) with arrow-head made of iron. Wooden arrow-shaft with foreshaft, formerly feathered; sinew, animal hair and fibre binding. Cylindrical quiver with attached cap and lanyard strap (k) made of leather.
- Production date
- 1910 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 70.60 centimetres (k)
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Height: 61 centimetres (longest arrow)
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Height: 45.80 centimetres (shortest arrow)
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Width: 17.80 centimetres (k)
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Width: 0.90 centimetres (longest arrow)
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Width: 0.80 centimetres (shortest arrow)
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Depth: 4.90 centimetres (k)
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Depth: 0.90 centimetres (longest arrow)
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Depth: 0.80 centimetres (shortest arrow)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Acquisition notes
- Collected by the late C W Hobley, CMG, probably all between 1890 and 1910 by which date he had formed his "museum".
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1947,16.230.a-k
