Arrow

Museum number:
2-2523
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Steel pointed moose arrow, metal point with 5 barbs on each edge, wooden shaft with red band above feathers and 2 red stripes between feather lashings. Row of 2 feathers bound at both ends.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Yukon River, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
; Upper Yukon River
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Moose arrow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 78.6 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-2523, described as Steel pointed moose arrow, metal point with 5 barbs on each edge, wooden shaft with red band above feathers and 2 red stripes between feather lashings. Row of 2 feathers bound at both ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-2523, described as Steel pointed moose arrow, metal point with 5 barbs on each edge, wooden shaft with red band above feathers and 2 red stripes between feather lashings. Row of 2 feathers bound at both ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-2523, described as Steel pointed moose arrow, metal point with 5 barbs on each edge, wooden shaft with red band above feathers and 2 red stripes between feather lashings. Row of 2 feathers bound at both ends.

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