Projectile point

Museum number:
2-6845
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-3038 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Object count:
1
Description:
Antler, with partial shaft attached. Ivory, carved to a bi-lobed point inserted into red wooden shaft; secured with twisted sinew; the shaft was subsequently cut; size suggests that the arrow was a toy or a large model.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Colorant (material) (wood (red color); sinew), Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Bird arrowhead
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 0.9 centimeters, length 8.3 centimeters, and width 1.3 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC39-34A Remarks: Specimen numbered by Waterman 2/28/08.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6845, described as Antler, with partial shaft attached. Ivory, carved to a bi-lobed point inserted into red wooden shaft; secured with twisted sinew; the shaft was subsequently cut; size suggests that the arrow was a toy or a large model.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6845, described as Antler, with partial shaft attached. Ivory, carved to a bi-lobed point inserted into red wooden shaft; secured with twisted sinew; the shaft was subsequently cut; size suggests that the arrow was a toy or a large model.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6845, described as Antler, with partial shaft attached. Ivory, carved to a bi-lobed point inserted into red wooden shaft; secured with twisted sinew; the shaft was subsequently cut; size suggests that the arrow was a toy or a large model.

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