Projectile point

Museum number:
2-4387
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004387
Alternate number:
x-533 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
fossil" antler. Barbed on one edge. Antler; oval in section, one edge sharp & barbed pointed tang; owner's marks: four parallel slashes at base of tang (property marks). This double barbed and sharp edged arrow was to anchor itself and to cause a strong bleeding (longitudinal grooves). Native name: cingileq.
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:
Antler (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for hunting.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 0.8 centimeters, width 1.5 centimeters, and length 17 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC31-02 p. 88 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-4387, described as fossil" antler. Barbed on one edge. Antler; oval in section, one edge sharp & barbed pointed tang; owner's marks: four parallel slashes at base of tang (property marks). This double barbed and sharp edged arrow was to anchor itself and to cause a strong bleeding (longitudinal grooves). Native name: cingileq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-4387, described as fossil" antler. Barbed on one edge. Antler; oval in section, one edge sharp & barbed pointed tang; owner's marks: four parallel slashes at base of tang (property marks). This double barbed and sharp edged arrow was to anchor itself and to cause a strong bleeding (longitudinal grooves). Native name: cingileq.

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