Arrow

Museum number:
2-6667
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Alternate number:
x-2860 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Two barbed bone points. two serrated bone points secured to wooden shaft with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Summer fishing arrow. Native names: pitegcaun, neqsuun.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Feather (material), and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Fish arrow. Used with sinew backed bow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole arrow— length 75.5 centimeters, arrow head— width 0.8 centimeters, arrow head— height 0.6 centimeters, and arrow head— length 14 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC39-21; ACC 39-32 p. 83 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6667, described as Two barbed bone points. two serrated bone points secured to wooden shaft with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Summer fishing arrow. Native names: pitegcaun, neqsuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6667, described as Two barbed bone points. two serrated bone points secured to wooden shaft with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Summer fishing arrow. Native names: pitegcaun, neqsuun.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6667, described as Two barbed bone points. two serrated bone points secured to wooden shaft with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Summer fishing arrow. Native names: pitegcaun, neqsuun.

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