Arrow
- Museum number:
- 2-6571
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020006571
- Alternate number:
- x-2764 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Bird arrow. Serrated, pointed tip inserted into wooden shaft and bound; feathers at proximal end. Native name pittegcaun, qerruq.
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- unknown
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Bone (material), Feather (material), and Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Arrows (projectiles)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Bird arrow.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- head— length 19 centimeters, whole arrow— length 83 centimeters, head— height 1 centimeters, and head— width 0.8 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-