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- Museum number
- Oc1851,0103.183
- Description
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Arrow with spiked wooden point below which the head swells and is followed by an area with three carved ridges. The head is inserted into a bamboo shaft. The junction of the two parts has a binding of brown fibre strips. Below this is a light coloured band of bamboo.
- Production date
- 19thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 140.50 centimetres
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Width: 1 centimetres
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Depth: 1 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Description from Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.123:
'183. Reed arrow with spiked point. Length 4 feet 7 inches. From the Islands of Torres Straits.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1851,0103.183