Arrow with Detachable Head

Unknown Filipino, Filipino

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collected about 1900

Bamboo shaft, hardwood, bamboo, rattan head

Overall: 54 3/4 in. (139 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lt. Col. Alfred T. Clifton, Class of 1927P

42.15.7785

Geography

Place Made: Negros Island, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Armament

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Lt. Col. Alfred Theodore Clifton (1875-1944) with the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in the Philippines, 1901; given to present collection (through his son, Alfred Theodore Clifton, Jr. (1906-1996), Class of 1927), 1942.

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