Arrowshaft
62-7-13
From: Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 62-7-13 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Chile | Antofagasta Province | Chiu-Chiu Village Area | Chuquicamata Copper Mines Area | River Loa |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | archaeological site on the River, outside the Village, east of the Mines |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood | Sinew | Feather | Pigment |
| Description | Wooden; soft center wood now hollow. Butt end 11 cm from fore end lashed with sinew. Also sinew lashing at both ends of location for feathers, indicating that the feathers were lashed, rather than blued on. Originally had two feathers. Painted with a number of small red stripes. Notched nock. The fore end is broken off obliquely but had been slotted for attachment of stone point. |
| Length | 48.5 cm |
| Width | 0.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Luis L. Mohr, 1962 |
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