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- Museum number
- Oc1960,07.1
- Description
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Arrow with a reed shaft including longitudinal scorings and a carved wood head with a single row of seventeen barbs. The grooves are coloured red and white.
- Dimensions
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Length: 52 inches
- Curator's comments
- Composite arrow: carved wood head with a single row of 17 barbs; grooves coloured red and white; reed shaft with longitudinal scorings. Some barbs broken.
1-21: Lower SEPIK R., TRUST TERRITORY, NEW GUINEA
Similar arrows illustrated in O'Reche, Der Kaiserin-Augusta-Fluss, Tof. LXIV, from KOPAR, near the mouth of the Sepik.
Collected by Mr W.J.C. Frost at least 30 years ago.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1960
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc1960,07.1
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: Oc1960,07.1-2 (Previous group record)