Arrow

Museum number:
2-6586
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2779 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Bird arrow. Quadra-lobed bone mortised to receive wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Feather (material), 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:
Bird arrow
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
arrow head— width 0.7 centimeters, arrow head— length 4.5 centimeters, whole arrow— length 68.5 centimeters, shaft— length 64 centimeters, shaft— diameter 1 centimeters, and arrow head— height 1.2 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC25-20; ACC25-22 p. 78 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6586, described as Bird arrow. Quadra-lobed bone mortised to receive wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6586, described as Bird arrow. Quadra-lobed bone mortised to receive wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6586, described as Bird arrow. Quadra-lobed bone mortised to receive wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.

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