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Description: | Arrow possibly from the Solomon Islands. It has a bamboo shaft with no flights or notches for a bowstring but painted with black striped decoration. The bone barbs are secured by a lashing of fine grass and gum. The barbed end is painted red with white triangles.
With remains of barbs. Caird Collection Catalogue 293 "Bhotan bow and quiver with 22 arrows". Dear Ms Tomlinson,
Thank you for your enquiry and sorry for the long delay in replying to you. I think you are correct in assuming that the arrows are not from Bhutan, they look like they come from the Solomon Islands to me and the quiver could be the same. Though I have seen Asian quivers like that. Is it possible that the quiver and the arrows have been wrongly grouped together? I hope this helps, and again, apologies for the long delay.
Many Thanks,
Faye Belsey
Assistant Curator, Pitt Rivers Museum | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | Mercury 1913 (HMS) | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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