Arrow
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
1899
Materials
wood
Measurements
470 mm (H); 4 mm (Dia)
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107261.7
Summary
Basic shaft for an arrow that has yet to have its fletching and point attached. It would have been used by the Mishmi tribe, who reside along the border of Eastern Bengal and Assam. 'An Assamese Frontier leather-covered wood quiver containing eight arrows - Mishmi Tribes' (Christie's entry)
Full description
Health Hazard: Poison tipped arrows
Provenance
Purchased in 1986 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund from Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000). Gifted to the National Trust in 1987 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.