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Object Number
985-27-10/60311
Display Title
3 Navajo arrows. Metal tips. Incised lines in shaft. Some paint beneath feather.
Descriptions
Object Description
3 Navajo arrows. Metal tips. Incised lines in shaft. Some paint beneath feather. 55.9x3.3 cm.
Inventory Description
Arrows, wood shaft with squiggly groove, pigmented, metal point, feathers, sinew
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900-1985
Culture
- Navajo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Arizona
Materials
Wood, Feather, Metal, Sinew, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 56 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm (22 1/16 x 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
985-27-10/60311a & 985-27-10/60311b & 985-27-10/60311c & 24397
Provenance
Dealer
Leon H. McSparron
(1923)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(8/1923 - 1985)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(8/1923 - 1985)
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