Arrow Item Number: 2927/6 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Footed arrow consisting of a wooden shaft (part a) and an antler shaft attached to a steel arrowhead (part b). The wooden shaft has fletchings of two dark feathers held on by tightly wrapped sinew. Its nock end is oblong and has about a centimeter of wrapped sinew on the shaft above it. The other end has a diagonal cut out of it that forms a point to which the antler can be hafted. It is also wrapped with sinew. The antler shaft has a complementary diagonal cut to the wooden shaft and is attached to the arrowhead by a socketed tang. The arrowhead is almost pentagonal in shape and the edges adjacent to the tip are beveled sharp.
Narrative
Collected by wildlife biologist John Kelsall, possibly in a trade for a gun, in the Thelon River area, near Grassy Island.
Item History
- Made in Northwest Territories, Canada before 1960
- Collected during 1955
- Owned by John P. Kelsall before 1995
- Owned by Joyce Kelsall before November 17, 2011
- Received from Joyce Kelsall (Donor) on November 17, 2011
What
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- John P. Kelsall and Joyce Kelsall
- Received from
- Joyce Kelsall (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Northwest Territories, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1960
- Collection Date
- during 1955
- Ownership Date
- before 1995 and before November 17, 2011
- Acquisition Date
- on November 17, 2011
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2927/0006 a-b