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Item number Na991 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

The triangular copper arrow point is inserted in a bone shaft and held in place by three copper pins with a wedge of slightly different material that has been added on. The bone shaft is inserted in the wooden one and lashed on with sinew. About 5cm. above this, a v-shaped cut has been made through the shaft and a glue-like substance used to hold it together. There is another cut about 30cm. above it which is held together with sinew lashed around it. The end is notched and there is sinew wrapped around it.

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.