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- Museum number
- Oc1851,0103.195
- Description
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Arrow consisting of a carved wooden head inserted into a bamboo shaft. There is vegetable fibre binding at the junction of the two parts.
- Production date
- 19thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Length: 118 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Description from Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.124:
195. Reed arrow with notched point. Length 3 feet 10 ½ inches. From Redscar Bay.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Reasonable. There is a short crack at the top of the shaft
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1851,0103.195