Arrow

Museum number:
2-15826
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020015826
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Feathered; steel point; not cane. 3 grooves along shaft, 1 zig-zag; feather fletching. 3 vanes, fastened at extremities only with sinew. Red paint between wrapping, flared nock.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Southwestern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
Southwest
Culture or time period:
Navajo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 64.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-15826, described as Feathered; steel point; not cane. 3 grooves along shaft, 1 zig-zag; feather fletching. 3 vanes, fastened at extremities only with sinew. Red paint between wrapping, flared nock.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-15826, described as Feathered; steel point; not cane. 3 grooves along shaft, 1 zig-zag; feather fletching. 3 vanes, fastened at extremities only with sinew. Red paint between wrapping, flared nock.

Tools