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Arrow

Native NameHoohu
Object Number:38650C
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Hopi
Provenience: Arizona
Culture Area: Southwest Culture Area
Date Made: ca. 1900
Early Date: 1890
Late Date: 1900
Section:American
Materials:Wood
Sinew
Feathers
Pigment
Length: 62.5 cm
Width: 4 cm
Credit Line:Wanamaker Expedition to the Southwest, R. Stewart Culin, 1901

Description

Arrow with a wooden shaft. Painted with a wavy, longitudinal line and with red and black stripes at the nocked end. Brown and white feather fletching is bound with sinew at the nocked end. The shaft is sharpened to form a point.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Living in Balance: The Universe of the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, and Apache (20 May 1995 - 2013) View Objects in Exhibition

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