Arrow shaft fragment

Museum number:
1-127044
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.UCAS-84
Description:
Proximal end of a cane arrow shaft fragment; piece of cloth stuck to shaft. Nock is preserved intact; surrounding nock and extending distally for 13 mm are residues of an adhesive, possibly asphaltum or pitch; entire specimen appears to have been varnished or lacquered; patterns of varnish removal near proximal end suggest fletching. Distal end has been cut obliquely following an impact fracture that shattered the fabric of the cane. Subsequently arrow partially burned in 2 places near distal end of fragment. Length: 317.0 mm; diameter: 7.3 mm. (Richard F. Ambro). Note: Heiser and Hester (1973) report describes this as as distal end; no cloth evident on shaft or in bag.
Donor:
University of California Archaeological Survey
Collection place:
CA-Ama-3 (Bamert Cave), Amador County, California
Collector:
Adán Eduardo Treganza and Robert Fleming Heizer
Collection date:
September 1950
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Accession date:
September 5, 1950
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #82: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (February 11, 1971–April 20, 1973)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow shaft fragment, accession number 1-127044, described as Proximal end of a cane arrow shaft fragment; piece of cloth stuck to shaft. Nock is preserved intact; surrounding nock and extending distally for 13 mm are residues of an adhesive, possibly asphaltum or pitch; entire specimen appears to have been varnished or lacquered; patterns of varnish removal near proximal end suggest fletching. Distal end has been cut obliquely following an impact fracture that shattered the fabric of the cane. Subsequently arrow partially burned in 2 places near distal end of fragment. Length: 317.0 mm; diameter: 7.3 mm. (Richard F. Ambro). Note: Heiser and Hester (1973) report describes this as as distal end; no cloth evident on shaft or in bag.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow shaft fragment, accession number 1-127044, described as Proximal end of a cane arrow shaft fragment; piece of cloth stuck to shaft. Nock is preserved intact; surrounding nock and extending distally for 13 mm are residues of an adhesive, possibly asphaltum or pitch; entire specimen appears to have been varnished or lacquered; patterns of varnish removal near proximal end suggest fletching. Distal end has been cut obliquely following an impact fracture that shattered the fabric of the cane. Subsequently arrow partially burned in 2 places near distal end of fragment. Length: 317.0 mm; diameter: 7.3 mm. (Richard F. Ambro). Note: Heiser and Hester (1973) report describes this as as distal end; no cloth evident on shaft or in bag.

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