Place MadeMelanesia
Title
Hunting arrow
Mediumreed, fiber
Dimensions44 3/4 in. (113.7 cm)
Object number00.200.637
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionHunting arrow fashioned from reedy plant shaft and unwrapped at one end (worn notch) and arrowhead carved into sharpened point. Shaft has patterns relief-carved into it at a number of the reed "joints" toward the arrowhead point, and features some fiber wrapping.On View
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