Arrow

Museum number:
16-9628
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160009628
Accession number:
Acc.1777
Description:
Arrow; Xuncha (pronged arrow); cane shaft; palm wood fore-shaft; unfeathered; 3 prongs, barbed; for killing small fish; 59.5 inches length.
Donor:
Joyce Nies, Paul L. Powlison, Robert L. Russell, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Amahuaca
Collector:
Robert L. Russell and Summer Institute of Linguistics
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1963
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 16-9628, described as Arrow; Xuncha (pronged arrow); cane shaft; palm wood fore-shaft; unfeathered; 3 prongs, barbed; for killing small fish; 59.5 inches length.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 16-9628, described as Arrow; Xuncha (pronged arrow); cane shaft; palm wood fore-shaft; unfeathered; 3 prongs, barbed; for killing small fish; 59.5 inches length.

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