Fire Arrow

57-26-89A

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 57-26-89A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux (uncertain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area (uncertain)
Section American
Materials Wood | Feather | Sinew | Pigment
Description

Wooden shafts with 2 halves of feathers attached by sinew at top. Notched butt; iron points with sharpened sides; hole near top; attached in shaft and bound with sinew.

a: blue paint on shaft between feathers.

b: band of blue paint near top of shaft.

Credit Line Gift of the George Washington Memorial Museum, 1957
Other Number l-269-92 - Old Museum Number

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