Arrow (before 1922): Art, History and Details
Arrow at the Cleveland Museum of Art: before 1922, wood shaft. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Arrow (before 1922) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the 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.
Object facts
- Title: Arrow
- Date: before 1922
- Culture: Philippines
- Type: Arms and Armor
- Technique: wood shaft
- Dimensions: Average: 91.5 cm (36 in.)
- Collection: Oceanic Art
- Department: Oceania
- Accession number: 1922.22
A detail from the museum
The Aeta people typically used arrows like this one for hunting small game and birds.
Collection credit
Gift of J. H. Donahey
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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