Arrow

Museum number:
2-15832
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Feathered; not cane; point missing. 3 grooves along shaft, 1 zig-zag; 3 vaned, fastened at extremities only with sinew. Yellow paint under sinew, red band between wrappings. Flared nock.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 58.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-15832, described as Feathered; not cane; point missing. 3 grooves along shaft, 1 zig-zag; 3 vaned, fastened at extremities only with sinew. Yellow paint under sinew, red band between wrappings. Flared nock.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-15832, described as Feathered; not cane; point missing. 3 grooves along shaft, 1 zig-zag; 3 vaned, fastened at extremities only with sinew. Yellow paint under sinew, red band between wrappings. Flared nock.

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