Bow, Arrows, Quiver and Case

A bow and 12 arrows complete with animal skin quiver and cane case. The original accession register in the Sierra Leone National Museum records that that the arrow points and adjacent parts of the shafts are strongly poisoned with a preparation of strophantus seeds and snakes heads, over which the medicine-man, while pounding them, utters a magical spell .

Further Information

• Type: Weapons, armour, Hunting, fishing
• Object: Bow, Arrows, Quiver and Case
• Materials: Wood, Vegetable, organic fibre, Leather, animal skin
• Culture Group: Other
• Dimensions: Unknown
• Production Date: Pre 1958
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Abu Bakarr Sesay, Freetown (Collector)
• Museum: Sierra Leone National Museum
• Accession Number: SLNM.1958.15.05

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