Arrow
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
1899
Materials
wood & iron
Measurements
650 mm (H); 7 mm (Dia)
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107266.5
Summary
One of six arrows with feather fleching and blunt point made from metal with straight sides, barbed shoulders and obtuse-shaped distal. 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 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.