Arrow Item Number: 3081/1 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Arrow with a long wooden shaft (part a), tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with wrapped thread and sinew at feather tops and sinew at bottoms. At the opposite end a long, thin bone shaft (part b) with notching along its length is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew. The point head is cast in copper with serrations along the barb bottoms and is nailed to the bone.
Narrative
Collected by the donor's grandfather, Lorne Lyle, either while he was traveling in the north (Alaska, Yukon, northern B.C.) in 1909-10, or prospecting in Alaska in 1913.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA ?
- Owned by Diane Alexander before October 2, 2014
- Received from Diane Alexander (Donor) on October 2, 2014
What
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit ?
- Previous Owner
- Diane Alexander
- Received from
- Diane Alexander (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Alaska, USA ?
When
- Ownership Date
- before October 2, 2014
- Acquisition Date
- on October 2, 2014
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 42
- Accession Number
- 3081/0001 a-b