Arrow

Museum number:
2-6715
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Alternate number:
x-2908 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Big game hunting arrow. With ivory or bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with braided sinew; feathers at proximal end; point & shaft decorated with red color.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Alutiiq
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Colorant (material) (red), Feather (material), Ivory (material) (point), 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:
Replica of arrow used to kill caribou with sinew backed bow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole arrow— length 69 centimeters, arrow head— height 2 centimeters, arrow head— length 17 centimeters, and arrow head— weight 0.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6715, described as Big game hunting arrow. With ivory or bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with braided sinew; feathers at proximal end; point & shaft decorated with red color.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6715, described as Big game hunting arrow. With ivory or bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with braided sinew; feathers at proximal end; point & shaft decorated with red color.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6715, described as Big game hunting arrow. With ivory or bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with braided sinew; feathers at proximal end; point & shaft decorated with red color.

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