Three feathered cane arrow with wood fore-shaft and steel point. Red and blue painted strips at two areas where feathers are adhered to shaft. Feathers appear to be tail feather of a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis.
Donor:
Ishi
Collection place:
San Francisco County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; San Francisco; San Francisco
Culture or time period:
Yana
Maker or artist:
Ishi
Collector:
Ishi
Collection date:
1915
Materials:
Cane (plant material) (arrow shaft), Feather (material) (fletching), Metal (arrow head), and Sinew (material) (wrapping/glue)
Taxon:
Buteo jamaicensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrows (projectiles)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1915 and 1916
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Photo: 15-20153.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #9: Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo (October 10, 1966–December 17, 1966), S1969-1970 #64: California State University, Chico (December 31, 1969–August 31, 1970), and S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971)