Arrow

Museum number:
2-6574
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2767 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Bird arrow, unilaterally-serrated bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with sinew lashing, feathers on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. Used for hunting big game.
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) (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:
Bird arrow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole arrow— height 2.5 centimeters, arrow head— length 19 centimeters, whole arrow— width 2 centimeters, whole arrow— length 80 centimeters, arrow head— height 1 centimeters, and arrow head— width 0.8 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC34-02; ACC 34-01 p. 73 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6574, described as Bird arrow, unilaterally-serrated bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with sinew lashing, feathers on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. Used for hunting big game.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6574, described as Bird arrow, unilaterally-serrated bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with sinew lashing, feathers on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. Used for hunting big game.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6574, described as Bird arrow, unilaterally-serrated bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with sinew lashing, feathers on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. Used for hunting big game.

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