Arrowhead

Museum number:
2-4398
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Alternate number:
x-544 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Arrow prong. Fine barbs along one edge. Ivory; the non-serrated end was tied to the distal end of the arrow; almost triangular in section. Native name: nuuk.
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
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrowheads (arrow components) and Arrowheads (lithic projectile points)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for hunting birds.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 22.6 centimeters, height 0.7 centimeters, and width 0.9 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC37-02 p. 84 Graburn
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 2-4398, described as Arrow prong. Fine barbs along one edge. Ivory; the non-serrated end was tied to the distal end of the arrow; almost triangular in section. Native name: nuuk.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 2-4398, described as Arrow prong. Fine barbs along one edge. Ivory; the non-serrated end was tied to the distal end of the arrow; almost triangular in section. Native name: nuuk.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 2-4398, described as Arrow prong. Fine barbs along one edge. Ivory; the non-serrated end was tied to the distal end of the arrow; almost triangular in section. Native name: nuuk.

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