Arrow
- Museum number:
- 2-6663
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020006663
- Alternate number:
- x-2856 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Flint point. Chipped flint point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- unknown
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Flint (rock), Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Arrows (projectiles)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Deer arrow.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- arrow head— length 6.5 centimeters, whole arrow— length 72 centimeters, shaft— length 65 centimeters, arrow head— height 1.3 centimeters, shaft— diameter 1 centimeters, and arrow head— width 0.8 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-