Bone serrated head; wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; three feathers; bone serrated point; root lashings. Used for summer fishing. Native names: pitegcaun, nesquun.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Feather (material) (lashes), Root (plant material), and Wood (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:
whole arrow— length 78 centimeters, section of head— length 0.9 centimeters, and section of head— height 0.7 centimeters