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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian
Title:Arrow
Type:Fishing/Trapping/Hunting; Armament
Materials:Wood, feather, sinew, and iron
Place Made:North America; United States; Colorado
Measurements:Overall: 3/4 in x 22 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 1.9 cm x 57.5 cm x 3.2 cm
Accession Number:  MH 151.F
Credit Line:Gift of Anna Maria Hood (Class of 1869)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Arrow with a metal tip, two feathers, and sinew wrapped around the wooden shaft. Unknown tribal affiliation. The catalogue card lists the donor as Anna Marie Hood, class of 1869, who moved to Salt Lake City after graduation and married her husband, Lucius Endicott, in 1874. Her description of the object is an “Indian arrow, such as is used by Colorado Indians at present time.” Her husband was potentially a missionary.

Tags:
Native American; indigenous people

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