Arrow

Museum number:
2-6612
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2805 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small, quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching at proximal notched end mostly lost. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Yukon Kuskokwim Delta
Verbatim coll. place:
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
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
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Bird arrow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC25-20; ACC25-22 p. 79 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6612, described as Small, quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching at proximal notched end mostly lost. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6612, described as Small, quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching at proximal notched end mostly lost. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6612, described as Small, quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching at proximal notched end mostly lost. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.

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