Arrow Fore-Shaft Item Number: Aa115 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Light brown bone, tapering at both ends. Marked darker in small patches.
History Of Use
Shaft links arrowhead to main shaft and serves as the point where the arrow comes apart. On impact, the main shaft falls to the ground leaving only the head and the link shaft in the animal. Both are glued together.
Cultural Context
hunting
Item History
- Made in Botswana
- Collected between 1967 and 1975
- Owned by Frank A. Gaudin before September 15, 1975
- Received from Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on September 15, 1975
What
- Name
- Arrow Fore-Shaft
- Identification Number
- Aa115
- Type of Item
- foreshaft
- Material
- gemsbok bone
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved
- Overall
- height 6.5 cm, diameter 1.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Khoisan ?
- Previous Owner
- Frank A. Gaudin
- Received from
- Frank A. Gaudin (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Botswana
When
- Collection Date
- between 1967 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before September 15, 1975
- Acquisition Date
- on September 15, 1975
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 100
- Accession Number
- 0287/0090