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2003-32-219

From: Solomon Islands (uncertain) | Northern Solomon Islands (uncertain) | Bougainville (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number 2003-32-219
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Solomon Islands (uncertain) | Northern Solomon Islands (uncertain) | Bougainville (uncertain)
Section Oceanian
Description

Composite arrow: reed shaft, into which is inserted a hard wood point. Originally 8 lashed-on barbs, but top and bottom ones broken off. Not nocked. No binding at end or at juncture of shaft and point. Exhibited at l'Exposition universelle de Paris 1900.

Length 111.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1995.X.16516K - Other Number | CIVIC1995.X.16516K - Other Number

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