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Object Number
99-12-10/52959
Display Title
Arrow with steel point
Descriptions
Object Description
Arrow tipped with a steel point and fletched with what appear to be eagle feathers. One side of the point is "stippled" with triangular indentations in the surface. Sinew secures both the fletching (top and bottom) and the point. The shaft is incised with three grooves along its length.
Inventory Description
Arrow, wood shaft, metal point - tip bent, long and thin, feather fletched
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1790-1850
Culture
- Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 65 x 2.3 x 1 cm (25 9/16 x 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-10/52959
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
Peale Museum
(Unknown - Unknown)
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Collector
William Clark
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Lt. George Christian Hutter
(Unknown - Unknown)
Collector
Meriwether Lewis
(Unknown - Unknown)
Donor
David Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
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