Arrow Item Number: Na990 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The metal arrow point is slender with rounded edges. The shaft is also metal and has squared edges, the underside of which is hollowed out. It is inserted in a wooden shaft and lashed on the sinew cord. One-third of the way along the shaft there is a nick out of it. 10cm. below the end a v-shaped cut has been made through the shaft and a glue-like substance used to hold it together. The end is notched.
History Of Use
Bows and arrow were used for hunting before the introduction of rifles. The MacKenzie and western tribes had unique arrows because they inserted the arrowhead into the shaft and then lashed it, rather than lashing it on the shaft as the central Inuit did.
Cultural Context
hunting
Item History
- Made in Nunavut, Canada
- Owned by Tradewind Antiques before December 12, 1984
- Received from Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Tradewind Antiques (Seller) on December 12, 1984
What
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Tradewind Antiques
- Received from
- Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Tradewind Antiques (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 12, 1984
- Acquisition Date
- on December 12, 1984
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1009/0001 d