Arrows in Bark
| Object Number: | 2003-32-162 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | New Hebrides |
| Section: | Oceanian |
| Materials: | Wood Reed (plant) Bone (uncertain) Bark Cotton |
| Length: | 112.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number: | 1995.X.16614 - Other Number CIVIC1995.X.16614 - Other Number |
Description
Bundle of 11 arrows in strip of bark tied with red and black patterned cotton trade cloth. Arrows are composite, with reed shafts, palmwood points, and bone (?) tips. Three arrows are missing tips. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.
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