Bird Arrow

NA1245

From: Alaska | Klukwan

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1245
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Klukwan
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Feather
Description

Arrow with a wooden shaft. Dark, feather fletching is bound at the nocked end. A blunted arrowhead made from wood is hafted into a slot and bound with thread. The arrowhead is faceted and angular below the point.

Length 66.8 cm
Width 3.6 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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