Arrow

Museum number:
2-2554
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Muskrat arrow, metal point mounted in bone foreshaft with quadralateral cross-section, bone foreshaft attached to wooden main shaft by line passing through drilled slot at base of foreshaft. Row of 3 feathers.
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:
Muskrat arrow
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 85.4 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-2554, described as Muskrat arrow, metal point mounted in bone foreshaft with quadralateral cross-section, bone foreshaft attached to wooden main shaft by line passing through drilled slot at base of foreshaft. Row of 3 feathers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-2554, described as Muskrat arrow, metal point mounted in bone foreshaft with quadralateral cross-section, bone foreshaft attached to wooden main shaft by line passing through drilled slot at base of foreshaft. Row of 3 feathers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-2554, described as Muskrat arrow, metal point mounted in bone foreshaft with quadralateral cross-section, bone foreshaft attached to wooden main shaft by line passing through drilled slot at base of foreshaft. Row of 3 feathers.

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