Metadata: Poison arrows
- Artist | Manufacturer:
- (actif 19xx), attributed to | Manufacturer
- (actif 16xx), attributed to | Manufacturer
- Gogo, attributed to | Manufacturer
- Title:
- Poison arrows
- Date:
- 1800 (?) - before 1893
- Period | Style | Movement:
- Époque contemporaine
- Inventory Number:
- 1898-013/035
- Collection:
- Non european collections
- Domain:
- Africa
- Arms
- Designation:
- Arrow
- Material | Technique:
- Wood; Bird feather; Paper
- Measurements:
- Weight: 815 g
- Inscription(s):
- Étiquette d'époque (Collection Spring 35 Flèche empoisonnée des chasseurs d'Elephants)
- Description:
- Six poison arrows of elephant hunters. Eight Arrows of Wasukumas and Wanjamnezis. Twelve Arrows of Usagara. Eight Arrows of the Wagogos. Six arrows for bird hunting. - A few arrows missing. During the reinventorization in 2023 , 28 arrows counted. - Descriptive inventory by Nicolas Van Werveke of the Spring ethnographic collection. N.B.: this is a faithful transcription of Van Werveke's inventory, the terms used in 1898 have not been modified, even those whose use is considered critical today.
- Location:
- Depot
- Acquisition method:
- Donation
- Acquisition date:
- 1898
- Copyright:
-
Work: Public Domain
Image(s): CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) | Tina Pfeifer / MNAHA
Metadata: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
- Photographer:
- Tina Pfeifer
