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Date1895-1901

Mediumcedar, copper, spruce root, sinew

DimensionsOther: 1.6 × 89 cm (5/8 × 35 1/16 in.)
Other (length of point): 9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.)

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Haida

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-627

Object numberHRC 00627

Descriptionarrow with shaft of cedar. point is made of copper and is flat with asymmetrical lateral barbs. point is bound in place with spruce root. there is a hole in the point near the base through which is strung a piece of twisted sinew. the other end of the sinew is tied around the shaft. shaft flares cut slightly at the nock end.
collected in Skidegate

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