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Object Number
985-27-10/60500
Display Title
Plains arrow with barbed metal point
Descriptions
Object Description
Plains arrow. Wood shaft, not smooth. Metal point w/ barb on base. Wide red band around shaft beneath fletching. 2 feather fletching. Both feathers spiral up shaft instead of vertically up and down. 66.1x1.6 cm.
Inventory Description
Arrow, wood shaft, rough, metal arrow, red pigment, sinew wrapped, feather on en
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Plains
- Comanche?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Wood, Metal, Feather, Sinew, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 66.1 x 1.6 x 1 cm (26 x 5/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60500
Provenance
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1900-1950)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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