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Object Number
99-12-10/52962
Display Title
Arrow with steel point
Descriptions
Object Description
Arrow with steel point. Point is long, triangular, with beveled edges and a serrated base. Typical of nineteenth-century commercial arrowheads. Arrow is fletched with eagle feathers secured with sinew at top and bottom. Three straight grooves incised along length of the wood shaft.
Inventory Description
Arrow, wood shaft, metal point - long and thin, feather fletched
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Date
ca. 1790-1850
Culture
- Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wood, Metal, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 70 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm (27 9/16 x 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
99-12-10/52962
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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