Arrow

Museum number:
2-6584
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2777 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Bird arrow shaft. Red color; two radially set feathers at proximal notched end; no head. No native name.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Colorant (material) (red), 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:
whole shaft— length 74 centimeters and whole shaft— diameter 1.1 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC52-32 p. 85 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6584, described as Bird arrow shaft. Red color; two radially set feathers at proximal notched end; no head. No native name.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6584, described as Bird arrow shaft. Red color; two radially set feathers at proximal notched end; no head. No native name.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6584, described as Bird arrow shaft. Red color; two radially set feathers at proximal notched end; no head. No native name.

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