Arrow

Shaft

2003-43-295

From: Siberia | Amur River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 2003-43-295
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Siberia | Amur River
Culture Area Siberia
Section American
Materials Wood | Vegetable Fiber
Technique Carved
Description

Possibly an arrow shaft of carved wood, used in a snare, notched at the narrow end and split at the wide end (for arrow head); a length of vegetable fiber string runs through hole drilled at center.

Length 51.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1899.1.295 - Other Number | 400/65 - Other Number

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