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3 arrows to let cattle go to the vein. The arrow has a rounded iron point, leather-covered up to the cutting edge and a featherless wooden shaft with U-shaped notches. a=for cattle, b+c=for calves, sheep or goats.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Massai
Object type
Arrows (livestock)
Dimensions
Weight: 0,024 kg
Height: 43,5 cm
Width: 1,2 cm
Depth: 0,9 cm
Height: cm
Depth: cm
Width: cm
Height: 52 cm
Width: 1,7 cm
Depth: 1,2 cm
Weight: 0,022 kg
Height: 41,7 cm
Width: 1,2 cm
Depth: 0,8 cm
Weight: 0,017 kg
Material/Technique
Iron, Leather , Wood
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 12957 a-c

Provenance and sources

where
Tanzania [Land]
Kenya [Land]
who
Massai
who
A[lfred] C[laud.] Hollis - Collectors

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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