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Arrow

MOA: University of British Columbia

3081/5

Arrow with a long wooden shaft, tapering slightly and reddening toward nock. Fletching is attached to shaft with wrapped sinew at feather tops and bottoms. At the tip, the point is cast in copper, with a long, thin base culminating in a wide point with three large serrations on each side of the neck. It is sunk into the wood and secured with wrapped sinew.

  • 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.

  • Type of Item arrow
  • Culture Tlingit
  • Material wood, copper metal, feather, sinew
  • Measurements height 63.7 cm, width 2.9 cm, depth 2.4 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Diane Alexander
  • Received from Diane Alexander
  • Made in Alaska
  • Ownership Date before October 2, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on October 2, 2014
  • Condition good
  • Current Location Case 42
  • Accession Number 3081/0005

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