Arrow head

Description
The arrow shaft is decorated with carving and red coloured dye. At one end is finely woven plant fibre which holds and supports the other part of the spear (which is inserted into the end). The tip is a section of bamboo which is tapered at both ends.
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Media/Materials
Bamboo and Plant Fibre
Measurements
247 x 12 mm (part 1)
203 x 18 x 4 mm (Part 2)
Production place
New Guinea, Melanesia, Oceania
Collection
New Guinea Collection/Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1974/82/7.1-2

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