prmlogo2Cook-Voyage Collections
at the Pitt Rivers Museum

1886.1.1183 .3

PRM0001324505179Arrow, of wood, from the Society Islands (probably Tahiti); part of the Forster collection (part of Forster 41; 1886.1.1183.3)

Plain wooden arrow with a rounded hardwood point, held in place with a plant fibre binding. The end of the arrow is notched, and there is a plant fibre binding below the notch to prevent the arrow from splitting

 

  PRM0001304845179Arrow (with scale)
PRM0001304865179Detail of arrow tip
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