Arrow

Museum number:
2-2568
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Muskrat arrow, iron nail point with flattened tip, wooden shaft with 2 black bands above feathers and 2 black and 1 red band above nock. Row of 3 feathers bound at both ends.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Upper Yukon River, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
; Upper Yukon River
Culture or time period:
Northern Athapaskan tribes
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Muskrat arrow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 71.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1928-1929 #1: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (May 1929–August 1945)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-2568, described as Muskrat arrow, iron nail point with flattened tip, wooden shaft with 2 black bands above feathers and 2 black and 1 red band above nock. Row of 3 feathers bound at both ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-2568, described as Muskrat arrow, iron nail point with flattened tip, wooden shaft with 2 black bands above feathers and 2 black and 1 red band above nock. Row of 3 feathers bound at both ends.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-2568, described as Muskrat arrow, iron nail point with flattened tip, wooden shaft with 2 black bands above feathers and 2 black and 1 red band above nock. Row of 3 feathers bound at both ends.

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