Arrow Item Number: Aa57 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Bone arrow has jagged-edged and double-barbed point. The shaft is slightly bowed, tapered at each end, and wrapped with sinew halfway along its length.
History Of Use
Used by boys learning to hunt.
Cultural Context
Practice 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
- Identification Number
- Aa57
- Type of Item
- arrow
- Material
- gemsbok bone and sinew
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and bound
- Overall
- height 11.0 cm, diameter 0.3 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
- Accession Number
- 0287/0048 c