Arrow

Museum number:
2-6596
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Alternate number:
x-2789 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Native name: rruu'aq, rruq. Arrow barbed iron point inserted into wooden shaft; twisted sinew winding secures the point; cylindrical shaft painted red, notched at proximal end; three white feathers set radially at proximal end. Center of gravity in middle of shaft. For shooting at close range.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo, Aleut, and Alutiiq
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1868-1898
Materials:
Feather (material), Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to shoot at short range (center of gravity in the middle of shaft)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC42-03; ACC42-04 p. 71 Graburn, Catalogue Raisonné of the Alaska Commercial Company Collection, Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6596, described as Native name: rruu'aq, rruq. Arrow barbed iron point inserted into wooden shaft; twisted sinew winding secures the point; cylindrical shaft painted red, notched at proximal end; three white feathers set radially at proximal end. Center of gravity in middle of shaft. For shooting at close range.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6596, described as Native name: rruu'aq, rruq. Arrow barbed iron point inserted into wooden shaft; twisted sinew winding secures the point; cylindrical shaft painted red, notched at proximal end; three white feathers set radially at proximal end. Center of gravity in middle of shaft. For shooting at close range.

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