Label Text:
SKINNER CATALOGUE:
A long South Sea Island hunting or fishing arrow. Handle of bamboo, head apparently of a dark brown hard native wood, long tapering to a sharp point. The base end slightly notched. The head end is set with seven pairs (arranged NS and EW) of sharp bone barbs, held in place with very narrow cloth tapeing, stained a dark brick color and decorated slightly with a white stain. The handle is undecorated except for the basal end, where there are small burned designs. Presented by Mrs. Rounds of Holyoke. Brought back from the Solomon Islands by Dr. Frederick Peabody Drowne, of the Whitney Sanford Expedition. Presented by Alice Rounds McMonegle. Cat. 8/11/1937.

Tags:
weapons

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