Arrow

Museum number:
2-4714
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1110 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Broad, sharp pointed bone head; wooden shaft, notched proximal end; two tangential feathers; sinew binding . Used for land hunting. Native names: pitegcaun, tuquctiissuun.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea and North, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Root (plant material), Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for game hunting or war.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole arrow— length 75 centimeters, arrow head— height 0.5 centimeters, arrow head— width 1.8 centimeters, and arrow head— length 21 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC53-04; ACC53-05 p. 83 Graburn See also 2-4715
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4714, described as Broad, sharp pointed bone head; wooden shaft, notched proximal end; two tangential feathers; sinew binding . Used for land hunting. Native names: pitegcaun, tuquctiissuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4714, described as Broad, sharp pointed bone head; wooden shaft, notched proximal end; two tangential feathers; sinew binding . Used for land hunting. Native names: pitegcaun, tuquctiissuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4714, described as Broad, sharp pointed bone head; wooden shaft, notched proximal end; two tangential feathers; sinew binding . Used for land hunting. Native names: pitegcaun, tuquctiissuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4714, described as Broad, sharp pointed bone head; wooden shaft, notched proximal end; two tangential feathers; sinew binding . Used for land hunting. Native names: pitegcaun, tuquctiissuun.

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