Arrow

An arrow with a bamboo shaft, presented in 1937 by Captain T.C. Patterson. It is from Mere Lava, Banks Group, Vanuatu. Thomas Patterson was surgeon on HMS 'Torch' during 1913 when the ship visited The New Hebrides, New Caledonia and Fiji.

Object Details

ID: AAA2920
Collection: World Cultures
Type: Arrow
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Torch (1894)
Date made: 20th century; 1913
People: Patterson, Thomas C.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 935 mm