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Object Number
64-18-70/4557
Display Title
Single prong bamboo arrows, some with yellow orchid fiber bands
Descriptions
Object Description
Single prong bamboo arrows, some with yellow orchid fiber bands
Inventory Description
Arrow, bamboo shaft, tapered, split cane point, yellow fiber wrapped
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kapauku
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
/
Papua New Guinea
Additional Geographic Terms
Mapia Region; Wissel Lakes, West of; Western Highlands of West N
Materials
Bamboo, Wood, Plant fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 137.2 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm (54 x 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
75
Label on object
64-18-70/4557
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64-18-70/4556.5 | Arrows - single prong bamboo and hard wood tip |
Arrow
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
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| 64-18-70/4556.7 | Arrows - single prong bamboo and hard wood tip |
Arrow
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
|
| 64-18-70/4556.1 | Arrows - single prong bamboo and hard wood tip |
Arrow
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
|
| 64-18-70/4556.4 | Arrows - single prong bamboo and hard wood tip |
Arrow
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
|
| 64-18-70/4556.3 | Arrows - single prong bamboo and hard wood tip |
Arrow
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
|
| 64-18-70/4556.6 | Arrows - single prong bamboo and hard wood tip |
Arrow
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
|
| 64-18-70/4556.2 | Arrows - single prong bamboo and hard wood tip |
Arrow
|
New Guinea
Indonesia | |
| 64-18-70/4559 | Multiple barbed-prong bamboo arrows for hunting |
Arrow
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 64-18-70/4560 | Multiple plain prong bamboo arrows |
Arrow
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 64-18-70/4562 | Single prong bamboo arrow with hardwood tip |
Arrow
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 64-18-70/4320 | Net decorated with orchid fiber - "best" net - single thickness - for + |
Bag
|
Indonesia
New Guinea | |
| 64-18-70/4564 | Single-pronged arrows with decorated bamboo tips |
Arrow
|
Indonesia
New Guinea |