Arrow

Museum number:
2-4709
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1105 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; three feathers; point lost though points were removable and spares kept in a bag. No native name.
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
Materials:
Bone (material), Feather (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Possibly used to hunt game and in war.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole arrow— length 63 centimeters and whole arrow— diameter 1.4 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC65-15A p. 85 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4709, described as Wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; three feathers; point lost though points were removable and spares kept in a bag. No native name.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4709, described as Wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; three feathers; point lost though points were removable and spares kept in a bag. No native name.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4709, described as Wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; three feathers; point lost though points were removable and spares kept in a bag. No native name.

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