Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0311-0010 | |
| 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 | ||
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Cane reed; Wood; Bark bast of wild cotton tree; Coconut fiber; 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. 3.3 cm; Black wooden foreshaft is inserted into distal end of reed shaft and secured with additional bast fibers; Distal end of foreshaft is wrapped with fine copper-colored coconut fiber that original hafted bone point (proximal end of point is still embedded in foreshaft) coconut fiber wrapped area is painted with fine geometric pattern of red, green, and white diamonds. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 0.7, Length = 83.3 | |