Blowgun Dart
Teah-lah-te-hih, Cherokee / American, late 19th - early 20th century
Cherokee
Eastern Band of Cherokee
Southeast
collected about 1903-1909
Wood dart tufted with silk of the fireweed
Overall: 27 in. (68.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9941
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Southeast
Not on view
Provenance
Tsah-lar-te-hih (Teah-lah-te-hih), North Carolina; collected by Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Cherokee, North Carolina, probably 1909; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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