Not currently on display at the V&A

Arrow

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Nepal (made)

Arrow with a quadrangular head, mounted on a cane shaft with brass mounts, painted, with leather bindings and feather fletching


Object details

Categories
Arms & Armour
India Museum
Object type
Arrow
Materials and techniques
steel and brass mounted on cane with leather bindings and feather flights
Brief description
Arrow with a quadrangular head, brass mounts and painted cane shaft, Nepal, 19th century
Physical description
Arrow with a quadrangular head, mounted on a cane shaft with brass mounts, painted, with leather bindings and feather fletching
Marks and inscriptions
  • Transliteration
Credit line
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879
Production
Transferred from the India Museum to South Kensington Museum in 1879
Bibliographic references
  • Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 100, Cat. No. 301
  • Egerton, Wilbraham, An illustrated handbook of Indian arms; being a classified and descriptive catalogue of the arms exhibited at the India museum: with an introductory sketch of the military history of India, London, 1880 p.100
Other numbers
  • 301 - Egerton Catalogue Number
  • 8,764 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
3083D/1/(IS)

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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