Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
Arrowhead
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Accession no.: | Y: 2019/15 | ||||||
Title: | Arrowhead | ||||||
Description: | A bone arrowhead with a single barb and pointed base for socketing to arrow shaft. Marked with an incised line pattern beneath barb by its maker or original owner. Collected by Episcopal missionary Augustus Reginald Hoare, in Point Hope, Alaska, between 1908 and 1920. | ||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||
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A lanceolate arrowhead, diamond-shaped in section, with a single barb and triangular point. A narrow incision behind the barb along the length of the head with two shorter offshooting lines at approximately 45 degrees may be the owner's marking. The proximal end is conical and pointed for socketing into a wooden arrow shaft. |
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