Arrow

Arrow possibly from the Solomon Islands with a bamboo shaft with no flights or notches for bowstring but painted with black striped decoration. Bone barbs secured by lashing of fine grass. The barbed end is painted red with white triangles. There is incised white painted decoration below the barbs.

Object Details

ID: AAA2783
Collection: World Cultures
Type: Arrow
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Mercury 1913 (HMS)
Date made: 19th century
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Overall: 1370 mm