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Museum Ulm Project for the reappraisal of the collections from colonial contexts [2022.10958]
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Provenance/Rights: Museum Ulm / Oleg Kuchar (CC BY-NC-SA)
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Arrow

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Description

An arrow with a bamboo shaft and a leaf-shaped and long-stemmed iron tip. The stem resp. the tang that is put into the shaft is twisted. The shaft is provided with a notch and is above the notch, as well as for the fixation of the tip, wrapped with bast.

The object does not distinctly refer to any entry in the inventory. Therefore, the provenance is not cleared. Based on the material and the form it is probably an African arrow.

Material/Technique

Bamboo, iron, bast

Measurements

L 74 cm

Museum Ulm

Object from: Museum Ulm

Das Museum Ulm bietet mehr als 30 000 Jahre Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, präsentiert in 7 Gebäuden, u.a. in einem Kaufmannshaus der Renaissance sowie...

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