Projectile point

Tools

Museum number:: 1-19477
Permalink:: ark:/21549/hm21010019477
Accession number:: Acc.477 and Acc.477A
Description:: Brown glass arrow point, made by Ishi at the Museum. Side notched. Length: 6.5 cm, Width: 2.3 cm
Donor:: Ishi
Collection place:: Parnassus Heights, San Francisco, San Francisco County
Verbatim coll. place:: California; San Francisco; San Francisco
Culture or time period:: Yahi Yana
Maker or artist:: Ishi
Collection date:: 1912-1914
Materials:: Glass (material)
Object type:: ethnography
Object class:: Projectile points
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:: 1914 and 1915
Department:: Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:: length 6.5 centimeters and width 2.3 centimeters
Comment:: Published: AAE 13, pl 21" Exhibited: Centennial Caravan of U.C.B. 9/10/68-11/30/68.
Loans:: S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971), S2005-2006 #5: California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (October 7, 2005–March 15, 2006), and S2018-2019 #4: Bundeskunsthalle (August 27, 2019–January 16, 2020)