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Object Number
985-27-10/60503A
Display Title
11 Sioux arrows. Wood shafts, some w/ incised lines. Metal points of different t
Descriptions
Object Description
11 Sioux arrows. Wood shafts, some w/ incised lines. Metal points of different types. Feather fletching. Some feathers are dyed red or yellow. Bands of blue paint beneath fletching on some of the arrows. 66.1x2.1 cm.
Inventory Description
Arrow, wood shaft, incised, metal tips, feathers on other end, pigment, sinew
Classification
- Arrow
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Dimensions
Overall: 67 x 2 x 1 cm (26 3/8 x 13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/60503A, 34362
Provenance
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(07/1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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