Dart

Museum number:
2-7522
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Sharpened wood point same piece as wood shaft, remnant of feather attached with rawhide cord.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Feather (material), Ivory (material), and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Playing dart used in the assembly house.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 44 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Dart, accession number 2-7522, described as Sharpened wood point same piece as wood shaft, remnant of feather attached with rawhide cord.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Dart, accession number 2-7522, described as Sharpened wood point same piece as wood shaft, remnant of feather attached with rawhide cord.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dart, accession number 2-7522, described as Sharpened wood point same piece as wood shaft, remnant of feather attached with rawhide cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dart, accession number 2-7522, described as Sharpened wood point same piece as wood shaft, remnant of feather attached with rawhide cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dart, accession number 2-7522, described as Sharpened wood point same piece as wood shaft, remnant of feather attached with rawhide cord.

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