Arrow with stone blade and pale wooden shaft fletched with three feathers. [JMC 30/5/2019]

Collection type: Object
Description: Arrow with stone blade and pale wooden shaft fletched with three feathers. [JMC 30/5/2019]
Long description: Arrow with stone blade and pale wooden shaft fletched with three feathers. The arrowhead is a flaked and pointed piece of pink-coloured stone. It has a narrowed neck, which is bound to the top of the shaft with sinew. The three feathers are speckled brown and white and are similarly bound to the shaft with sinew. The butt is nocked and painted black, with a further black stripe painted just above the lower binding of the feathers. [JMC 30/5/2019]
Geographical reference: United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America; Arizona
Cultural groups: Navajo
Person: Field collector Richard Baxter Townshend; PRM source Richard Baxter Townshend
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1903
Date collected: 1903
Acquisition information: Donated: 1903
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Material Wood Plant, Material Sinew, Material Bird Feather, Material Pigment, Process Carved, Process Flaked, Process Bound, Process Fletched, Process Notched, Process Painted
Dimensions: Length: max 600 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1903.36.33

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