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Arrows
Museum number:
5-10210a-j
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210510210a@2dj
Alternate number:
B-1988a-j (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Object count:
10
Description:
arrows; reed stems; iron scaled tips; attached with string; a. 80 cm b. 81 cm c. 81 cm d. 81.5 cm e. 82.3 cm f. 80.5 cm g. 81.7 cm g. 80.6 cm i. 82 cm j. 81.5 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Igana; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
Materials:
Iron (metal) and Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
war arrows
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
b,c— length 81 centimeters, d,j— length 81.5 centimeters, g— length 81.7 centimeters, f— length 80.5 centimeters, h— length 80.6 centimeters, i— length 82 centimeters, e— length 82.3 centimeters, and a— length 80 centimeters
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