Arrow
89-17-17
From: Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea
Curatorial Section: Oceanian
| Object Number | 89-17-17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Yonggom/Muyu |
| Provenience | Papua New Guinea | Western Province, Papua New Guinea |
| Section | Oceanian |
| Materials | Iron | Reed (plant) | Plant Fiber |
| Description | Six pronged, metal pointed arrow (type yarong). Pitpit shaft, wire points seized with Gnetum twine, coated with resin and charcoal. No decoration on foreshaft. Used for birds, fish, and small animals. Modern analouge of 89-17-18. made by Adolph Kewene, Kandan konm detbut clan, Ninanti village, Irian Jaya, living in Dome refugee camp. |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Stuart A. Kirsch, 1989 |
| Other Number | 106 A - Other Number |
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