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Object Number
40-12-70/1838
Display Title
Fighting arrow - bamboo shaft; palm wood point carved & with barbs bound on
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Arrow, pyro-engraved shaft, barbed point, red, yellow fiber, ovoid wood ring
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Rotoke
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Solomon islands
/
<State>
/
Bougainville Island
Materials
Bamboo, Wood, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 149 x 1 x 1 cm (58 11/16 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
40-12-70/1838
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