Arrow
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
1899
Materials
wood & iron
Measurements
125 mm (H); 5 mm (Dia)
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107263.9
Summary
The tip of an arrow used by the Mishmi tribe. It has a double arrow blade and is attached to the lower part of the wooden shaft. 'An Assamese Frontier leather-covered wood quiver containing eight arrows - Mishmi Tribes' (Christie's entry)
Full description
Health Hazard: Poison tipped arrows
Provenance
Curzon Collection acquired by gift as part of the transfer of Kedleston Hall to The National Trust in 1986.