Arrow

Museum number:
2-6623
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2816 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Deer arrow. Unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal end. Owner's marks: three notches towards point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material) (antler), Feather (material), Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material) (shaft)
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— diameter 1 centimeters, arrow head— height 1.7 centimeters, whole arrow— length 86 centimeters, arrow head— width 1.1 centimeters, shaft— length 71.5 centimeters, and arrow head— length 14 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC25-28; ACC25-30
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Arrow, accession number 2-6623, described as Deer arrow. Unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal end. Owner's marks: three notches towards point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Arrow, accession number 2-6623, described as Deer arrow. Unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal end. Owner's marks: three notches towards point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Arrow, accession number 2-6623, described as Deer arrow. Unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal end. Owner's marks: three notches towards point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Arrow, accession number 2-6623, described as Deer arrow. Unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal end. Owner's marks: three notches towards point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6623, described as Deer arrow. Unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal end. Owner's marks: three notches towards point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6623, described as Deer arrow. Unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal end. Owner's marks: three notches towards point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6623, described as Deer arrow. Unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal end. Owner's marks: three notches towards point. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.

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