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Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points, base covered with +
Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points, base covered with +
Object Number 40-12-70/1824.5
Display Title Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points, base covered with +
Descriptions
Object Description Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points, base covered with +
Inventory Description Arrow, pyro-engraved shaft, barbed point, pigment, yellow, purple woven fiber
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Rotoke
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Bamboo, Wood, Pigment, Plant fiber, Dye, Bone?
Dimensions Overall: 141 x 1 x 1 cm (55 1/2 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-12-70/1824.5

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