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Object Number
985-27-10/58962
Display Title
Hopi ceremonial arrow (sihu?).
Descriptions
Object Description
Hopi ceremonial arrow (sihu?). Shaft covered in red pigment up to where the remains of two feathers are lashed with pigment-stained fiber. Above lashing shaft is plain then has 1 band of black between 2 bands of red.
Inventory Description
Arrow, wood shaft, worked, point at end, red pigment, feathers bound with sinew
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Date
20th century
Culture
- Hopi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
/
Arizona
Additional Geographic Terms
Second Mesa
Materials
Wood, Feather, Sinew, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 53.4 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm (21 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58962 & 24699
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1912)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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