The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 23, 2025

Arrow without fletching or a visible point made of a bamboo shaft. Thinner on one side, the arrow is mostly yellow-brown with occasional places where the bamboo subtly undulates outwards, colored a dark brown that streaks out into the yellow-brown.

Arrow

Before 1922

Philippines

bamboo shaft, wood tip
Average: 104.1 cm (41 in.)
Gift of J. H. Donahey 1922.21
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The Aeta people typically used arrows like this one for hunting small game and birds.

Description

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.
  • ?–1922
    James Harrison “Hal” Donahey [1875–1949] Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1922–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1922.21