Arrow

Date created
circa 1885
Culture/People
probably Dene (Northern Athabascan) (attributed)
Previous owner
Abel E. Brooks (A.E. Brooks), Non-Indian, 1833-1917
John Wight Chapman, Non-Indian, 1858-1939
Collector
John Wight Chapman, Non-Indian, 1858-1939
Collection History
Collected in 1888 by John Wight Chapman (1858-1939, an Episcopal missionary who lived in the Anvik, Alaska, area from 1887 to 1930); acquired by Abel E. Brooks (1833-1917, a renowned collector of Civil War firearms) at an unknown date; acquired by George Heye from an unknown source in 1906.
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Place
Yukon River; Calista Native Corporation, Doyon Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
See related items
Dene (Northern Athabascan)
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
1/1172
Barcode
011172.000
Object Type
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Object Name
Arrow
Media/Materials
Wood, animal bone, feather/feathers
Techniques
Barbed
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e11e35d1-7ca2-4441-bd2e-989a39ea0f3b
Record ID
NMAI_12004