Arrow

Museum number:
2-6672
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2865 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Bone point. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft; feathers at proximal end; binding of sinew. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Feather (material), Leather, and Sinew (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:
arrow head— height 1.2 centimeters, shaft— length 66 centimeters, shaft— diameter 1 centimeters, arrow head— length 15 centimeters, whole arrow— length 81.5 centimeters, and arrow head— weight 0.7 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC52-32 p. 75 Graburn
Loans:
S1961-1962 #84: Mt. Diablo Unified School District/William Gripp (June 21, 1962–July 27, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6672, described as Bone point. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft; feathers at proximal end; binding of sinew. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6672, described as Bone point. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft; feathers at proximal end; binding of sinew. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6672, described as Bone point. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft; feathers at proximal end; binding of sinew. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.

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