Arrow
Item number Na988 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
The small triangular shaped tip has a blunt end and a long shaft with square edges made from one piece of copper. It is inserted in the wooden shaft and lashed on with sinew cord. The end is notched.
History Of Use
Bows and arrows were used for hunting before the introduction of rifles. The MacKenzie Inuit and western tribes had unique arrows because they inserted the arrowhead into the shaft and then lashed it, rather than just lashing it on the shaft as the central Inuit did.
Cultural Context
hunting
Item History
- Made in Nunavut, Canada
- Owned by Tradewind Antiques before December 12, 1984
- Received from Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Tradewind Antiques (Seller) on December 12, 1984
What
- Name
- Arrow
- Identification Number
- Na988
- Type of Item
- arrow
- Material
- wood, copper metal and sinew
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, pounded and lashed
- Overall
- height 1.0 cm, width 89.0 cm, depth 1.7 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Tradewind Antiques
- Received from
- Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Tradewind Antiques (Seller)
When
- Ownership Date
- before December 12, 1984
- Acquisition Date
- on December 12, 1984
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 1009/0001 b
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