Ceremonial arrow

Museum number:
3-22493
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1258
Description:
Ceremonial arrow used in prayer for rain. Wood foreshaft, bamboo grooved end removable, wool mat webbing on 5 bamboo sticks, 22 feathers tied with balls of cotton to the bamboo shaft with white string.
Donor:
Donald Bush Cordry and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Jesús María, Nayarit, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; Nayarit; Jesus Maria, Tribe: Cora
Culture or time period:
Wixáritari (Huichol)
Collector:
Donald Bush Cordry
Collection date:
1937
Materials:
Bamboo (material), Feather (material), Wood (plant material), and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Accession date:
1958
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Comment:
L-3-11
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ceremonial arrow, accession number 3-22493, described as Ceremonial arrow used in prayer for rain. Wood foreshaft, bamboo grooved end removable, wool mat webbing on 5 bamboo sticks, 22 feathers tied with balls of cotton to the bamboo shaft with white string.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ceremonial arrow, accession number 3-22493, described as Ceremonial arrow used in prayer for rain. Wood foreshaft, bamboo grooved end removable, wool mat webbing on 5 bamboo sticks, 22 feathers tied with balls of cotton to the bamboo shaft with white string.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ceremonial arrow, accession number 3-22493, described as Ceremonial arrow used in prayer for rain. Wood foreshaft, bamboo grooved end removable, wool mat webbing on 5 bamboo sticks, 22 feathers tied with balls of cotton to the bamboo shaft with white string.

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