Arrow

Museum number:
2-6622
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Alternate number:
x-2815 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Arrow. Unilateraly barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching lost on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. Used for hunting big game.
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 and Alutiiq
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material) (antler), Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for hunting big game.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole arrow— length 76.5 centimeters, shaft— length 62 centimeters, and shaft— diameter 0.9 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC25-28, ACC25-30 p. 74 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6622, described as Arrow. Unilateraly barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching lost on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. Used for hunting big game.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6622, described as Arrow. Unilateraly barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching lost on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. Used for hunting big game.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6622, described as Arrow. Unilateraly barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching lost on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. Used for hunting big game.

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