ceremonial arrow
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.221.f
- Description
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Ceremonial arrow; made from wood and reed; wooden stick sharpened to point at one end, with length of reed attached to other end with notch carved at end of reed; reed painted with red stripes; two feathers, three pieces of cardboard and miniature bow (reed with string) tied to reed near where it joins wood, so that feathers run parallel with reed.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Length: 41 centimetres
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Width: 2.50 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
1977-1978, London, Horniman Museum
- Condition
- Bow broken.
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Acquisition notes
- Objects collected during the 1970s by Chloë Sayer and Marcos Ortiz. They were exhibited in 1977-1978 at the Horniman Museum, and later acquired by the British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1978,15.221.f