Points

Museum number:

1-12775a-k

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm210112775a@2dk

Alternate number:

2048 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310

Description:

Wooden arrow points.

Donor:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection place:

Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon

Culture or time period:

Klamath Lake and Modoc

Collector:

Samuel A. Barrett

Collection date:

1907

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Projectile points

Accession date:

1907

Context of use:

Point fits into cane shaft. Ring or ridge near tip makes arrow skip along water. For duck hunting. The ring causes the arrow to deflect upward as it strikes water and skips along surface and likely to hit one of a flock of birds.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Comment:

Published: "AAE V, 4 p.247. Pl. 20 Fig. 2

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