Wooden Arrows

Item number E338761-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.

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FROM CARD: "PROBABLY OF CEDAR, 3 FEATHERED, 3 BLACK AND RED BANDS AT BASE OF FEATHERS. HEAD EXPANDED INTO A 9 SIDED, 1" W. CONE, WHICH THEN TAPERS OFF SHARPLY TO THE ACTUAL RELATIVELY SHORT POINT. THIS SPECIMEN WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED HAWAIIAN BUT APPARENTLY WITHOUT ANY DEFINITE DATA AND IT HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO THAT AREA.- 5/1961 DR. DON MARSHALL." LEDGER BOOK MAKES IT CLEAR THAT 3 ARROWS WERE ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS #338761, HAWAIIAN. AS INDICATED ABOVE, ONE OF THESE ARROWS (APPEARS TO BE A BIRD ARROW?) WAS EXAMINED IN 1961 AND RECATALOGUED AS "NORTHWEST COAST OF CANADA." HOWEVER, IT APPEARS THAT THE OTHER 2 ARROWS WERE NOT EXAMINED AT THAT TIME AND THEY ARE NOT IDENTICAL TO THE ONE DESCRIBED. - F. PICKERING 6-20-1997