Arrow
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
1899
Materials
bamboo & grass
Measurements
590 mm (H); 7 mm (Dia)
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107265.5
Summary
One of eleven arrows with bamboo shaft and triple-sided arrowhead made from metal with barbed shoulders and obtuse-shaped distal. There is a zig-zag pattern carved into the base of the arrow shaft. It is used by the Mishmi tribe, who reside along the border of Eastern Bengal and Assam. 'An Assamese Frontier leather-covered wood quiver containing seven 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.