4 Arrows With Shell Points Item Number: E20694-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "TWO (BONE HEAD, SHELL HEAD) - ILLUS. IN USNM AR 1888; PL. 27, FIGS. 124-5; P. 286. 1 ARROW ILLUS. IN SMITHSONIAN REPT 1893; PL. 51, FIG. 6; P. 679."FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "ARROW.---SHAFT OF CEDAR; BONE HEAD AND WOODEN FORESHAFT; FEATHERS ATTACHED TO THE SHAFT AT THEIR EXTREMITIES. BILQULA INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), B. C. 20,694. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected by James G. Swan in British Columbia, Canada
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- 4 Arrows With Shell Points
- Identification Number
- E20694-0
- Type of Item
- arrow
Who
- Culture
- Bella Coola (Nuxalk)
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004686