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- Museum number
- Oc1851,0103.197
- Description
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Arrow consisting of a carved wooden head (with a broken point) inserted into a bamboo shaft with a binding of plaited vegetable fibre at the top of the shaft.
- Production date
- 19thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Length: 110 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Description from Extracts from the British and Medieval Register 1757-1878, p.124:
197. Do [reed arrow] do [with notched point]. Length 3 feet 7 inches. From Redscar Bay.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1851
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1851,0103.197