Arrows

Museum number:

2-6815a-e

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21026815a@2de

Alternate number:

x-3008 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Description:

Bone tipped. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun. a. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft; feathers near proximal end. b. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft; feathered near proximal end c. blunt bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with braided sinew; feathers near proximal end. d. serrated, pointed antler tip inserted into wooden shaft and bound, feathers at proximal end e. blunt bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with braided sinew, feathers near proximal end

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

Bering Sea, Western Alaska

Verbatim coll. place:

NW Alaska

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

Charles S. Capp

Collection date:

unknown

Materials:

Bone (material), Feather (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 birds.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

e— height 2.2 centimeters, e— length 62.5 centimeters, e— width 1.6 centimeters, b— length 14 centimeters, a— height 1.2 centimeters, a— length 73 centimeters, c— length 14 centimeters, a— width 0.7 centimeters, d— height 1.1 centimeters, b— height 1.2 centimeters, d— width 0.7 centimeters, c— length 75 centimeters, b— length 70.5 centimeters, a— length 17.5 centimeters, b— width 0.7 centimeters, d— length 13 centimeters, c— height 1.2 centimeters, d— length 75.5 centimeters, and c— width 0.7 centimeters

Comment:

Neg. number: ACC34-05; ACC34-04

Loans:

S1961-1962 #86: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 8, 1962–May 8, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), and S1966-1967 #106: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 9, 1967–May 9, 1967)

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