Projectile point

Museum number:
2-4386
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-532 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Antler. Bi-lobed distal end. Blunt arrows were used to dispatch birds without piercing their skins which were used for clothing. Native names: cingileq, querrutvak.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
NW Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For bird arrow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 1.1 centimeters, length 7 centimeters, and width 1.4 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC29-34A
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-4386, described as Antler. Bi-lobed distal end. Blunt arrows were used to dispatch birds without piercing their skins which were used for clothing. Native names: cingileq, querrutvak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-4386, described as Antler. Bi-lobed distal end. Blunt arrows were used to dispatch birds without piercing their skins which were used for clothing. Native names: cingileq, querrutvak.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-4386, described as Antler. Bi-lobed distal end. Blunt arrows were used to dispatch birds without piercing their skins which were used for clothing. Native names: cingileq, querrutvak.

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