Arrow with Steel Tip

Sioux
Plains

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collected about 1889 - 1893

Wood, feathers, sinew, steel, hair, cord and pitch

Overall: 27 3/16 in. (69 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Bradley M. Patten

34.37.5999

Geography

Place Made: United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Plains

Not on view

Provenance

Collected by Professor William Patten (1861-1932, Class of 1908H, Dartmouth Professor of Zoology, 1893-1931), in North Dakota, about 1889-1893; given to his son, Bradley Merrill Patten (1889-1971); given to present collection, 1934.

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