Arrow-Straightener
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "FROM CLOSE GRAINED VOLCANIC ROCKS. ONE IS 1 1/2" IN LENGTH, BY 1 1/4" WIDE, AND 7/8" THICK, ELLIPSOIDAL SECTION, GROUND AND POLISHED ALL OVER. IT HAS TWO GROOVES CUT INTO THE SURFACE; ONE IN THE SIDE, AT RIGHT ANGLES TO ITS LENGTH, 3/8 OF AN INCH DEEP, OF SEMI-CIRCULAR SECTION; THE OTHER CUT IN THE END OF THE BLOCK, IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LESSER AXIS 1/4" WIDE AND NOT 1/8" DEEP, APPARENTLY NOT FINISHED. THE SECOND STONE IS 2 1/2" LONG, 1 1/2" WIDE, AND 1" THICK. IT HAS BEEN GROUND ALL OVER, LEAVING FLAT FACES, SLIGHTLY ROUNDED SIDES, AND MORE STRONGLY ROUNDED ENDS. THE GROOVE IS CUT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LENGTH, AND IN THE CENTER OF ONE FACE. IT IS 3/8" WIDE BY 1/4" DEEP, WITH CONCAVED SECTION. THESE STONES ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN USED FOR STRAIGHTENING THE WOODEN SHAFTS OF ARROWS. THE STONE WAS HEADED QUITE HOT IN A FIRE, AND THEN WITHDRAWN AND HELD ON A SOLID SUPPORT, WHILE THE ARROW WAS THRUST THROUGH THE GROOVE, BENDING IT TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT AGAINST THE SIDES OF THE CUT, THUS REDUCING THE INEQUALITIES OF LINE."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 31 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, San Xavier Reservation / Pima County, Arizona, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Papago (Tohono O'odham)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174512-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shaft Wrench
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 3.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.17 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 2.223 cm