Arrow Shaft
50-49-1467
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-1467 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Negrito (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Feather | Gum | Pigment |
| Description | Straight, roughly rounded, of whitish wood (point) although exterior surface is brown and black; pointed; round-bottomed nock 3.6 cm deep; three half-feathers (black, two brown with light spots) mounted in grooves // to shaft; spiral binding of fine yellow fibre passes through feather blades; thick coating of black gum, with spirally lines, twice reversed from tailing end to neck. |
| Length | 63.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
| Other Number | 61 - Other Number |
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