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| Accession no.: |
Y: 49/8f |
| Object name: |
Arrow |
| Title: |
Arrow |
| Description: |
Arrow, one of 16, in box. Inuinnait (Copper Inuit). Collected by Captain Joseph-Fidèle Bernard, Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut, Canada, 1915. |
| Classified name: |
| SPRI theme |
hunting and fishing
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| Geographic area- current |
Canada > Nunavut > Victoria Island > Ikaluktutiak
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| Former place name |
Canada > Northwest Territories > Victoria Island > Cambridge Bay
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| Getty AAT |
arrows
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| Current cultural affiliation |
Inuinnait
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| Former cultural affiliation |
Copper Eskimo
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| Cultural subgroup |
Kiglinirmiut
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| Field collection: |
| Person |
Bernard, Joseph-Fidèle (1878-1972) |
| Place |
Canada > Nunavut > Victoria Island > Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay) |
| Collectionnumber |
286 |
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
The shaft is made from a single circular piece of wood, which flattens to form a U-shaped nock at proximal end. The ends of two feathers (only fragments remain) are secured to proximal end of shaft with sinew wrapping. The end of long square tang of lanceolate-shaped iron point is inserted into distal end of shaft and secured with sinew wrapping.
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| Dimensions: |
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Width: 16mm, length: 857mm
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| Associated expedition(s): |
- : British Naval Franklin Search Expedition 1850-55 (HMS Enterprise) (1850 - 1855)
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Scott Polar Research Institute
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