Bird arrow used with a throwing board
date: label: Date created
content: 1880-1900
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Yup'ik (Yupik) (attributed)
label: Previous owner
content: Marion Eppley, Non-Indian, 1883-1960
label: Donor
content: Marion Eppley, Non-Indian, 1883-1960
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Marion Eppley (1883-1960, a US Navy captain during World Wars I and II and founder of the Eppley Laboratory of Newport, Rhode Island, makers of precision scientific instruments); bequeathed to MAI by Mr. Eppley.
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Yup'ik (Yupik)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 23/3931
label: Barcode
content: 233931.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
label: Indigenous Term
content: nuusaaq
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bird arrow used with a throwing board
label: Media/Materials
content: Ivory, cormorant feather/feathers, hide thong/babiche, sinew, ochre, wool yarn, driftwood, cotton twine/string
label: Techniques
content: Carved, barbed, tied, braided, painted
label: Dimensions
content: 6 x 148 x 11.5 cm