Arrow
Dateearly 1900s
Mediumiron and wood
Dimensions46 cm (18 1/8 in.), less than 1 oz (weight)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.392.1
DescriptionFirst of 4 short arrows, each with light wooden shaft without nock, having traces of 2 flights perhaps made from leaves. All have very small, socketed iron heads. This one is flat & leaf-shaped, the faces cut with axial pair of curving lines; end of shaft is carved with 2 low bands.Label TextArchery was one of several hunting methods employed by Central African hunter-gatherer communities. These iron-tipped arrows were probably used for hunting ground-based animals, rather than tree-dwelling ones. Iron was valuable, and arrows shot into trees would have been more difficult to recover.ProvenanceCollection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
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