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- Museum number
- Oc,89+.227
- Description
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Decorated arrow (elma gudulag) with a jointed reed shaft and carved hardwood head representing a snake. Barb and point are made of bone. Stated to be poisoned.
- Production date
- 19thC (before 1889)
- Dimensions
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Height: 153.50 centimetres
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Width: 1.70 centimetres
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Depth: 1.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Moore, 1984:
Stated to be poisoned.
Western Torres Strait, 1888.
Ref: Haddon, A.C., (ed.), 1901-35, 'Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits', Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1912, Vol 4: Arts and Crafts: 189-90, fig. 192.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1889
- Acquisition notes
- Moore, 1984: Collected 1888.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,89+.227
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Oc1889C16.227 (old CDMS no.)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 113 (Haddon)