Arrow

Museum number:
2-4716
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1112 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Serrated bone point. Arrow; wooden shaft notched on proximal end; three feathers; long, serrated bone point; root binding. Used for summer fishing. Native names: pitegcaun, neqsuun.
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:
Bone (material), Root (plant material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Summer fishing arrow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
section of head— width 0.6 centimeters, whole arrow— length 75 centimeters, and section of head— length 0.9 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC34-04; ACC34-05 p. 82 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4716, described as Serrated bone point. Arrow; wooden shaft notched on proximal end; three feathers; long, serrated bone point; root binding. Used for summer fishing. Native names: pitegcaun, neqsuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4716, described as Serrated bone point. Arrow; wooden shaft notched on proximal end; three feathers; long, serrated bone point; root binding. Used for summer fishing. Native names: pitegcaun, neqsuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4716, described as Serrated bone point. Arrow; wooden shaft notched on proximal end; three feathers; long, serrated bone point; root binding. Used for summer fishing. Native names: pitegcaun, neqsuun.

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