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African Art
Public domain

Arrow

ca. 300–1200

Iron

5 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 1/8 in. (13.97 × 8.89 × 0.32 cm)
Gift of SusAnna and Joel B. Grae
2010.6.231
Geography: 
Geography Niger
Status: 
By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Culture: 
Bura
Period: 
4th–13th century
Classification: 
Arms and Armor
Provenance: 

Wayne Cancro, Jersey City, N.J, 1981–2004; SusAnna and Joel B. Grae, New York, 2004–2010; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2010.pdf (accessed 2012).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.