Arrow

Museum number:
16-9863
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160009863
Accession number:
Acc.1810
Description:
Fish arrow; chada shaft with 3 palm-wood prongs; "barbs" made by wrapping resin-soaked cotton twine around prongs; unfeathered; 59.5 inches long.
Donor:
Kenneth M. Kensinger and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
Peru
Culture or time period:
Kaxinawá
Collector:
Kenneth M. Kensinger 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 16-9863, described as Fish arrow; chada shaft with 3 palm-wood prongs; "barbs" made by wrapping resin-soaked cotton twine around prongs; unfeathered; 59.5 inches long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 16-9863, described as Fish arrow; chada shaft with 3 palm-wood prongs; "barbs" made by wrapping resin-soaked cotton twine around prongs; unfeathered; 59.5 inches long.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 16-9863, described as Fish arrow; chada shaft with 3 palm-wood prongs; "barbs" made by wrapping resin-soaked cotton twine around prongs; unfeathered; 59.5 inches long.

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