Arrow Shaft
50-49-1466
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-1466 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Negrito (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Feather | Gum | Pigment |
| Description | Smoothly rounded straight; light yellowish wood; sharp point; shallow groove in shaft for 10cm. behind oint, "split" near tail of arrow running back as far as a hole, which may mark where a small twig was removed; nock round-bottomed, 6.8 cm. deep; three grey-brown half arrows attached trailing edge 4cm from nock end as in -1464; diamond pattern incised on gum at nock end, with one broad spiral of narrow oblongs left not further divided; fine twined fibre wrapping and each end of gum. |
| Length | 65.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
| Other Number | 61 - Other Number |
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