Arrow Shaft
50-49-1469
From: Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 50-49-1469 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Negrito (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Philippine Islands | Northern Luzon |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Wood | Plant Fiber | Feather | Gum | Pigment |
| Description | Smoothly rounded, slightly wavy, light tan wood with pithy center; front end splintered and compressed to point; nock straight-sided with v-shaped bottom, .6cm deep; 3 half-feathers bound to shaft by filament spiralling through feather blade, bound by black gum which is incised to form 4 bands of diagonal lines around shaft for 3.5cm behind trailing edge. |
| Length | 84.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Misses Elizabeth H. Metcalf and Sarah S. Metcalf, 1950 |
| Other Number | 62 - Other Number |
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