Arrow

Museum number:
2-4713
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1109 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Long sharp pointed ivory point, triangular in section. Wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; long, pointed bone point, triangular in section; feathers lost; fiber binding. Designed to produce heavy bleeding. Native names: pitegcaun, qerruq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Feather (material), Ivory (material), Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used to hunt game or in war.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
arrow head— height 0.9 centimeters, arrow head— length 22 centimeters, whole— length 71 centimeters, and arrow head— width 0.9 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC53-05; ACC53-04 p. 82 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4713, described as Long sharp pointed ivory point, triangular in section. Wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; long, pointed bone point, triangular in section; feathers lost; fiber binding. Designed to produce heavy bleeding. Native names: pitegcaun, qerruq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4713, described as Long sharp pointed ivory point, triangular in section. Wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; long, pointed bone point, triangular in section; feathers lost; fiber binding. Designed to produce heavy bleeding. Native names: pitegcaun, qerruq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4713, described as Long sharp pointed ivory point, triangular in section. Wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; long, pointed bone point, triangular in section; feathers lost; fiber binding. Designed to produce heavy bleeding. Native names: pitegcaun, qerruq.

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