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Item number Na990 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

The metal arrow point is slender with rounded edges. The shaft is also metal and has squared edges, the underside of which is hollowed out. It is inserted in a wooden shaft and lashed on the sinew cord. One-third of the way along the shaft there is a nick out of it. 10cm. below the end a v-shaped cut has been made through the shaft and a glue-like substance used to hold it together. The end is notched.

History Of Use

Bows and arrow were used for hunting before the introduction of rifles. The MacKenzie and western tribes had unique arrows because they inserted the arrowhead into the shaft and then lashed it, rather than lashing it on the shaft as the central Inuit did.