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Object Number
99-12-10/52961
Display Title
Arrow with steel point
Descriptions
Object Description
Arrow with steel point and fletched with feathers secured with sinew lashing at top and bottom. Sinew lashing originally securing the point is lost. There are three meandering grooves incised along the length of the shaft. A "poison" tag is attached.
Inventory Description
Arrow, wood shaft, metal point - heavily worn, faether fletched
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wood, Metal, Feather, Steel, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 67 x 1.7 x 1 cm (26 3/8 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-10/52961
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Owner
David Kimball
(Unknown - 1873)
Owner
Peale Museum
(Unknown - Unknown)
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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