Arrow

Museum number:
2-4712
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-1108 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Serrated bone head. wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; three feathers; serrated bone point; root binding. Native names: pitegcaun, nesquun. Used for summer fishing.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alutiiq
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Feather (material), and Root (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Summer fishing arrow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
section of head— diameter 0.7 centimeters, whole arrow— length 76 centimeters, and section of head— length 0.9 centimeters
Comment:
Neg number: ACC34-01; ACC34-02 p. 82 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4712, described as Serrated bone head. wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; three feathers; serrated bone point; root binding. Native names: pitegcaun, nesquun. Used for summer fishing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4712, described as Serrated bone head. wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; three feathers; serrated bone point; root binding. Native names: pitegcaun, nesquun. Used for summer fishing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4712, described as Serrated bone head. wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; three feathers; serrated bone point; root binding. Native names: pitegcaun, nesquun. Used for summer fishing.

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