Arrow

Museum number:
2-6620
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2813 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
With barbed bone point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. unilaterally-serrated bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching mostly lost on proximal end.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material) (antler), Feather (material), Fiber (vegetable), Paint (coating) (red), and Sinew (material) (string)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used to hunt caribou with sinew backed bow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
head— width 1.9 centimeters, whole arrow— length 75.5 centimeters, head— length 15.5 centimeters, shaft— length 60 centimeters, head— height 1.2 centimeters, and shaft— diameter 1 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC39-31; ACC39-32 p. 73 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6620, described as With barbed bone point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. unilaterally-serrated bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching mostly lost on proximal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6620, described as With barbed bone point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. unilaterally-serrated bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching mostly lost on proximal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6620, described as With barbed bone point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. unilaterally-serrated bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching mostly lost on proximal end.

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