arrow (weapons: missiles & projectors)

Arrow with a wooden shaft with a notched end. It is decorated with polychrome decoration, with three feather flights attached with hide binding. There is a triangular iron head attached to the shaft with hide binding, and the remains of decorative red feathers near the flights.

fighting

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn4461v
Date
19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 698 mm x 40 mm x 30 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wood; iron; feather; hide
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
World Gallery > Americas > North American Plains
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