Arrow Item Number: 1885.66.21 from the MAA: University of Cambridge

Description

Set of 18 stone tipped arrows. The tips are made from finely chipped chert and similar stones, bound onto the shaft with sinew. The feathered flight ends have three feathers bound to the shaft with sinew, several bands of colour, mostly green, and a notch cut in the end for the bow string.; Good

Context

J.C.H.King of the Museum of Mankind gives these arrows a Californian provenance. The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; Exhibited: Old Anthropological display at CUMAA, dismantled 081986.; Collected by: Hepburn.J.E