Arrow

Museum number:

2-6572

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

x-2765 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

1

Description:

Bird arrow; wooden shaft, point lost, feathers at proximal end. Spare arrow shaft, specific head would be used according to hunting needs. No native name.

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

Bering Sea, Western Alaska

Verbatim coll. place:

NW Alaska; Bering Sea

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

unknown

Materials:

Feather (material) and Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Arrows (projectiles)

Function:

1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

Bird arrow.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

whole arrow— length 52 centimeters and whole arrow— diameter 0.9 centimeters

Comment:

Neg. number: ACC52-32 p. 85 Graburn

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