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Arrow
before 1922
- Medium
- reed shaft with metal tip
- Classification
- Arms and Armor
- Dimensions
- Average: 90.9 cm (35 13/16 in.)
- Culture
- Philippines
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Oceania
- Credit line
- Gift of J. H. Donahey
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This straight, lightweight arrow shaft is made from a single length of bamboo. Its surface is smooth and undecorated, with slight natural tapering toward the point. Shallow notches are cut at the rear end for attaching the bowstring.