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Fighting arrows with protective sheaths - bamboo shafts; points of palm wood
Fighting arrows with protective sheaths - bamboo shafts; points of palm wood
Object Number 40-12-70/1815
Display Title Fighting arrows with protective sheaths - bamboo shafts; points of palm wood
Descriptions
Object Description Fighting arrows with protective sheaths - bamboo shafts; points of +
Inventory Description Arrows, bamboo shaft, barbed point, painted, wrapped in plant leaf, fiber
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Rotoke
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / Solomon islands / <State> / Bougainville Island
Materials Bamboo, Wood, Pigment, Plant fiber, Plant leaf
Dimensions Overall: 144 x 4 x 2.7 cm (56 11/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 10
Label on object 40-12-70/1815

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