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Arrow, catalogue card
[ Source of title : Chloe Rushovich for FHYA using material provided by Justine Wintjes and Chiara Singh using the KZNM PastPerfect database, Object Name field, selected from Nomenclature 4.0 for Museum Cataloging ]
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00078A
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Transcription [Source - Chiara Singh for FHYA, 2021: All text typed unless otherwise specified. Direct quotes are indicated in quote marks, with additions indicated in square brackets. "[Top left-hand corner, written in pencil:] CJ XM 2001/12/10 [Top right-hand corner, written in pencil:] Photographed 09/06/2015 NAME: Arrow CULTURAL AFFINITY: Bushman CATALOGUE No.: 78A CARD No.: 7/e/6 [Geographic area/community as per the category indicated on the Catalogue Card, which corresponds with "Natal Bushman"] PROVENANCE: Drakensberg SOURCE: Don FUNCTION: Hunting weapon RAW MATERIALS: Bamboo, feather, ?fibre COMMENTS: Two arrows are in Pretoria Museum, part of an exchange (1911-1921). Source: J. Deacon, Stellenbosch. J Deacon & T Maggs: These are not standard Bushman arrows. Similar shapes of small spearheads have been found in the Estcourt/Winterton area - see Archaeol-ogy catalogue - apparently of L;I.A origin. METHOD OBTAINED: Presented Miss Henderson 1896 LITERATURE: L;F; Mainguard. History and distribution of the bow and arrow in South Africa. S. Afr. J; Sci. 1932, 29: 711-723."]
| Event Actor | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) | Online curation | 2021 - | Chiara Singh digitised this material on behalf of the FHYA |
| KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) | Custody | 1978 - | Record-keeping undertaken by staff at the Department of Human Sciences at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum |
| No attribution | Making | 1996 - | Staff at the Department of Human Sciences at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum added to this catalogue card post 1996 |
| Kathleen Mack | Making | 1978 - 1996 | Card was typed by Kathleen Mack between 1978 and 1996. |
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