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Silver spoon with an oval shaped bowl and a handle that ends in a triangulated point, curving back at the tip. The front of the spoon has an engraved Northwest coast style eagle design. The back has a thin linear design all around the edge (except the tip); the bottom end of the bowl has a somewhat triangular design formed with rows of the same tiny lines.
Arrow has long wooden shaft, tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching has come loose and is attached to shaft with string. At bottom, the point is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew. The point is copper, cylindrical in shape, with incised circles and diagonal lines along its length. The tip has 4 outward barbs surrounding the central point.
Arrow has long wooden shaft, tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with wrapped sinew at feather tops and bottoms. At the tip, the point is cast in copper, with a long, thin base culminating in a wide point with serrations below the barbs on the neck. It is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew.
Arrow with a long wooden shaft, tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with wrapped sinew at feather tops and bottoms. At the tip, the point is cast in copper, with a long, thin base culminating in a wide point with three large serrations on each side of the neck. It is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew.
Arrow with a long wooden shaft, tapering slightly and reddening toward the nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with a wrapped thread at feather tops and sinew at bottoms. At the tip, the point head (part b) is cast in copper with several serrations along the barbs, and a long, thin bone base sunk into the shaft and secured with wrapped sinew and string.
Arrow has long wooden shaft, tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with a thick thread at top, and sinew at bottom. At tip, the point is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew. The point is cast in copper, cylindrical in shape, with incised circles and diagonal lines along its length. The tip has 4 outward barbs surrounding the central point.
Arrow with long wooden shaft (part a), tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with wrapped thread at feather tops and sinew at bottoms. At opposite end, a long, thin bone shaft (part b) is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew. The point head sits in a notch in the bone, and is cast in copper with serrations along the barb bottoms.
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.
From card: "Carved."Marked on paddles: Yakutat. Identified as Eskimo on catalogue card but appear more Northwest Coast style? Yakutat is home to a number of Tlingit people. Catalogue card identifies locality as Jackson (i.e Howkan), Alaska. Howkan was originally a Tlingit village, but later became a Kaigani Haida village sometime in the early eighteenth century.
Brooklyn Museum Collection