Place MadeMelanesia
Title
Decorated arrow
Mediumreed, fiber
Dimensions44 7/8 in. (114 cm)
Object number00.200.634
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionHighly decorated arrow from the Florida Islands in the Solomons fashioned from reedy plant shafts and wrapped with multi-colored fiber in geometric patterns (lines, triangular shapes, etc.). Notched and wrapped at one end and the arrowhead is fashioned from long plant thorns attached with fiber wrapping. Multiple barbs.On View
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