Catalog Number |
CAS 0311-0009 | |
Category | Weaponry | |
Object Name | Arrow | |
Culture | Melanesian: ni-Vanuatu | |
Global Region | Oceania | |
Country | Vanuatu (New Hebrides) | |
State/Prov./Dist. | unknown | |
County | ||
Other Geographic Data | Central Islands (Malekula, Ambrym, Malo) | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ca. 1880s | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Cane reed; Wood; Bark bast of wild cotton tree; Coconut fiber; Bone; Pigment | |
Description | Arrow with a reed shaft that accounts for approx. 2/3 of the total length and whose proximal end is wrapped with bark bast of wild cotton tree for approx. 4.3 cm; Wooden foreshaft is inserted into distal end of reed shaft and secured with additional bast fibers; Bone point is inserted into distal end of wood foreshaft, the juncture wrapped with fine copper-colored coconut fiber and painted copper green color beneath fine geometric pattern of red and white diamonds. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 0.5, Length = 89.5 |