Arrow
Production date
Circa 1960s
Country
Papua New Guinea
State/Province
Simbu
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Description
Register description: Arrow: grass culm shaft, wood/palmwood head, carved/barbed
Classification
INDIGENOUS CULTURES Melanesian & South Sea Islander arrow
Maker
Production date
Circa 1960s
Production place
Media/Materials description
Wood, plant fibre
History and use
Bows and arrows were once common throughout Papua New Guinea, where they were used for hunting, fighting and ceremonial exchange. As widespread artefacts that were often highly decorative, arrows were also collected in large numbers by European visitors to Papua New Guinea throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
This object is one of a group of arrows collected by H.S.M. (Mike) Thomas from Chimbu Province in the 1960s.
This object is one of a group of arrows collected by H.S.M. (Mike) Thomas from Chimbu Province in the 1960s.
Registration number
E11502.28
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