Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0143-0097 | |
| Category | Weaponry | |
| Object Name | Dart | |
| Culture | Native Alaskan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Wood; Bone; Sinew | |
| Description | Fishing dart consisting of a long cylindrical wooden shaft with a slightly expanded distal end that is carved with three equally spaced longitudinal grooves measuring approx. 14 cm long and each fitted with an elongated dart point fashioned from a long bone splinter; Each dart point is somewhat cylindrical in cross-section, tapered to a point at each end, and carved along the inside edge with a series of triangular, downward curving barbs; Dart points are secured to shaft with a open coil wrapping of plied sinew cordage which stretches along length of shaft approx. 2/3 of its length toward proximal end, where it terminates in another series of coils around the shaft. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Max Diam = 5.6, Length = 152.3 | |