Arrow with Steel Tip
Sioux
Plains
collected about 1889 - 1893
Wood, feathers, sinew, steel, hair, cord and pitch
Overall: 27 3/16 in. (69 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Bradley M. Patten
34.37.5999
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Plains
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Professor William Patten (1861-1932, Class of 1908H, Dartmouth Professor of Zoology, 1893-1931), in North Dakota, about 1889-1893; given to his son, Bradley Merrill Patten (1889-1971); given to present collection, 1934.
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