Arrow with detachable bone foreshaft and barbed point
Canadian Inuit
Central Arctic
Arctic
early 20th century
Wood, sinew, bone
Overall: 30 11/16 × 9/16 in. (78 × 1.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. A. Lincoln Washburn, Class of 1935W
174.2.26308
Geography
Place Made: Bering Sea, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Dr. Albert Lincoln Washburn (1911-2007), Class of 1935, Professor of Geology (1953-1961), during his fieldwork (for his PhD dissertation at Yale University) on Victoria Island, Northwest Territories between 1938-1941;given to present collection by his wife, Barbara Tahoe Talbot Washburn (1911-2007), 1974.
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