Ceremonial Arrow

29-175-486C

From: Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-486C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Haida
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Queen Charlotte Islands
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Not realistic; flat, disproportionally wide, and short. Large points with barbed ends, a bulging area below center of shaft (and this has flat instead of curved edges), then another equally wide section with flat outside edges and sides which indent obliquely to reach shaft (representing feathers?) and finally a flared shaft tip. Red and blue markings on head, bulges and tip. DIfferent on each arrow but identical on both sur-faces except for d which is also distinguished by word "Rosa" printed in blue on shaft surface of one side and red on other.

Length 83 cm
Width 8.2 cm
Depth 1.4 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 6/9197 - Collector Number

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