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Arrow with iron tip

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Arrow probably made from a reed shaft with a nock and an iron point that is inserted into the shaft using a spike. The long-handled part of the point is wrapped at the bottom with bast and a woolly plant fibre, making it conically thicker towards the shaft. The upper part of the tip is leaf-shaped and has two pointed barbs at the bottom, which become narrower towards the end. The leaf-shaped tip has notches on both sides. The shaft is wrapped in bast above the nock and below the tip. No inventory book entry could be clearly assigned to the object. The provenance is therefore unclear. Based on the material and the shape, it is probably an African arrow.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
arrows (projectiles)
Dimensions
L 68 cm
Material/Technique
Reed, iron, plant fibre
Current location
Museum Ulm
Inventory number
2022.10961

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Sub-Saharan Africa (?)

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC0 1.0 DEED

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