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- Museum number
- Oc1851,0103.182
- Description
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Arrow with bamboo shaft the lower part of which is dark brown and the upper part golden brown. A wooden head is inserted into its upper end. The junction is overwrapped with a fibre strip coloured dark brown. The middle part of the head is oval in section. The upper part (11.5 cm) of the head has carved ridges and tapers to a point.
- Production date
- 19thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 128.10 centimetres
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Width: 0.90 centimetres
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Depth: 0.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Description from Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.123:
'182. Reed arrow with carved wooden point. Length 4 feet 6 inches. From the Islands of Torres Straits.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1851,0103.182