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Object Number
40-12-70/1856
Display Title
Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points, barbed; tips bound +
Descriptions
Object Description
Fighting arrows - bamboo shafts; palm wood points, barbed; tips bound +
Inventory Description
Arrows, barbed bone point, yellow fiber wrapped tip, incised reed shaft, 1 broke
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nasigo
- Rotoke
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
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Solomon islands
/
<State>
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Bougainville Island
Materials
Reed, Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 138.7 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm (54 5/8 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
10
Label on object
40-12-70/1856
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