Arrow has long wooden shaft, tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with a thick thread at top, and sinew at bottom. At tip, the point is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew. The point is cast in copper, cylindrical in shape, with incised circles and diagonal lines along its length. The tip has 4 outward barbs surrounding the central point.

• Narrative

  Collected by the donor's grandfather, Lorne Lyle, either while he was traveling in the north (Alaska, Yukon, northern B.C.) in 1909-10, or prospecting in Alaska in 1913.

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• Type of Item arrow
• Culture Tlingit
• Material wood, feather, sinew, copper metal, fibre
• Measurements height 64.1 cm, width 3.5 cm, depth 1.9 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Diane Alexander
• Received from Diane Alexander

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• Made in Alaska

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• Ownership Date before October 2, 2014
• Acquisition Date on October 2, 2014

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• Condition good
• Current Location Case 42
• Accession Number 3081/0003