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- Museum number
- Oc.8154
- Description
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Arrow of palm wood (?), bamboo (?), bone, gum, fibre (vegetable). Wood head barbed on two sides and painted dark red, tipped with a pointed bone. Shaft etched and painted.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1840)
- Dimensions
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Length: 175 centimetres
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Width: 2.30 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Registration slip comment:
Arrows 8121 to 8162:
These arrows were obtained by Capt Belcher on the N. Coast of New Guinea in 1840. See "Voy. of the Sulphur", II 85 at Yamna I. "the arrows from a reed about 6ft in length, and ornamented by burning with a hot iron instrument".
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Acquisition notes
- Belcher Coll. Lot 391.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc.8154
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1872C1.8154 (old CDMS no.)
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1872C0610.102
