Arrow

Museum number:
2-6658
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2851 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Deer arrow. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; fletching lost on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Fiber (vegetable), 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:
Deer arrow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
shaft— length 60 centimeters, arrow head— length 16 centimeters, arrow head— width 0.8 centimeters, shaft— diameter 1 centimeters, whole arrow— length 76 centimeters, and arrow head— height 1.2 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC53-04, ACC53-05 p. 75 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6658, described as Deer arrow. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; fletching lost on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6658, described as Deer arrow. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; fletching lost on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6658, described as Deer arrow. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; fletching lost on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.

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