Projectile point

Museum number:
2-3949
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003949
Alternate number:
x-95 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Stone arrow point with tanged base, chert. Chipped stone, long and narrow; oblong in section and proportionally thin. Used for killing large game and for warfare.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Stone (worked rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For killing large game and for warfare.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 2 centimeters, length 8.7 centimeters, and height 0.8 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC29-35A p. 87 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-3949, described as Stone arrow point with tanged base, chert. Chipped stone, long and narrow; oblong in section and proportionally thin. Used for killing large game and for warfare.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-3949, described as Stone arrow point with tanged base, chert. Chipped stone, long and narrow; oblong in section and proportionally thin. Used for killing large game and for warfare.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-3949, described as Stone arrow point with tanged base, chert. Chipped stone, long and narrow; oblong in section and proportionally thin. Used for killing large game and for warfare.

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