Arrow

Museum number:
2-6604
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2797 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small; quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal point. Bird arrow used for training boys. Native names: pitegcauksuar, akitnaq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Feather (material), and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Bird arrow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
arrow head— diameter 1.2 centimeters, whole arrow— length 47 centimeters, shaft— length 44 centimeters, shaft— diameter 0.7 centimeters, and arrow head— length 3 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC25-28; ACC25-26
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6604, described as Small; quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal point. Bird arrow used for training boys. Native names: pitegcauksuar, akitnaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6604, described as Small; quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal point. Bird arrow used for training boys. Native names: pitegcauksuar, akitnaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6604, described as Small; quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal point. Bird arrow used for training boys. Native names: pitegcauksuar, akitnaq.

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