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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0311-0009   CAS 0311-0009; Arrow
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