Self-nocked; hardwood shaft, probably commercial maple doweling; with straight three feather fletching bound at each end with sinew; steel point; sinew bound; red and green ring crest at fletching. Made of Steel, hardwood, feathers, paint, and sinew.
Donor:
Anne Perley
Collection place:
San Francisco County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Francisco; San Francisco
Culture or time period:
Yana
Maker or artist:
Ishi
Collector:
Jean Valjean Cooke
Collection date:
1911-1916
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Made by Ishi at the Museum; given as gift to Dr. Cooke.