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42-21-246T

From: Kenya

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 42-21-246T
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Masai
Provenience Kenya
Section African
Materials Iron | Wood | Feather
Description

Arrow with a light wooden shaft, notched and feathered; plant cuticle wrapping behind head and at end. Incised lines on shaft below head wrappings. Short triangular blade with two long backward barbs and with tang inserted in hardwood foreshaft. Blade missing.

Length 51 cm
Width 0.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Percy C. Madeira Jr., 1942
Other Number 293 - Collector Number

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