Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0311-0013 | |
| 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. 2 cm; Wooden foreshaft is inserted into distal end of reed shaft and secured with additional bast fibers; Reed shaft is painted with series of parallel vertical black lines just below foreshaft hafting; Distal end of foreshaft is painted green copper color and is notched for insertion of bone point (now missing except for proximal end) that is hafted with fine copper-colored coconut fiber; Coconut fiber wrapped area is painted with fine pattern of red, green, and white diamonds. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 0.7, Length = 78.0 | |