Quiver & Arrows
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1858
label: Collection Date
content: 1838 to 1842
name: label: Collector
content: Sgt. Simeon A. Stearns
label: Donor Name
content: United States Exploring Expedition
notes: label: Notes
content: QUIVER MADE OF HIDE WITH THE HAIR ON THE OUTSIDE, AND TWO EDGES SEWN WITH SINEW. SEVEN ARROWS, ALL WITHOUT POINTS. ONE POINT, BROKEN OFF AND TIED TO SHAFT, IS OF PRESSURE FLAKED OBSIDIAN. THE SHAFTS ARE THIN AND TAPER FROM THE CENTER ENDS. TWO FEATHERS ARE RADIALLY FLETCHED, WITH SINEW BINDINGS AT FEATHERS AND AT POINT. HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, "S.A. STEARNS, EX EX VINCENNES". THESE OBJECTS WERE ORIGINALLY CATALOGUED AS BEING FROM THE NORTHWEST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, BUT ORIGINAL PEALE NUMBER IS DEFINITELY TIERRA DEL FUEGO. THE QUIVER WAS EXHIBITED IN MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, 1985-86.
label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "... LOAN: SITES MAGNIFICENT VOYAGERS JAN 9 1987."
label: Notes
content: Quiver and 9 arrows. An arrow found with AT16239 was reunited with E5677 in 2023.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 25 Apr 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 10
place: label: Place
content: Tierra Del Fuego, Chile, South America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ona (Selk'nam)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E5677-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Quiver / Arrow
physicalDescription: label: Length - Arrow
content: 61.5 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 62.5 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 59 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 63.5 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 63 cm
label: Length - Quiver
content: 65 cm
label: Width - Quiver
content: 11 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 63.7 cm
label: Length - Arrow
content: 63 cm