Projectile point

Museum number:
2-3950
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003950
Alternate number:
x-96 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ancient chert arrow head, lacking a base. Chipped flint, short and wide, oblong and thin in section. Short base for hafting. Probably for killing large game and for warfare.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Louis Sloss Jr.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably for killing large game and for warfare.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-3950, described as Ancient chert arrow head, lacking a base. Chipped flint, short and wide, oblong and thin in section. Short base for hafting. Probably for killing large game and for warfare.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-3950, described as Ancient chert arrow head, lacking a base. Chipped flint, short and wide, oblong and thin in section. Short base for hafting. Probably for killing large game and for warfare.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-3950, described as Ancient chert arrow head, lacking a base. Chipped flint, short and wide, oblong and thin in section. Short base for hafting. Probably for killing large game and for warfare.

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