Projectile Point
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- mineral, quartz
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0012 a-d
- Description
- Four arrowheads:a) Dark grey flaked quartz in the shape of an arrow with slightly curving sides and a sharp point. A defined shoulder on one side curves into the shaft, while the shoulder and shaft are broken on the other side. b) Flaked white quartz in the shape of a small arrow with shoulders in…
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- Title
- Projectile Point
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- mineral, quartz
- Dimensions
- 3.5 (approximately) cm
- Description
- Four arrowheads:a) Dark grey flaked quartz in the shape of an arrow with slightly curving sides and a sharp point. A defined shoulder on one side curves into the shaft, while the shoulder and shaft are broken on the other side. b) Flaked white quartz in the shape of a small arrow with shoulders indenting to form a shaft which flares slightly at the base. The tip and one shoulder seem to be broken off. c) A piece of bluish white quartz in the shape of an arrow with steep sides and a sharp point. Sharply pointed shoulders lead to a short shaft with one corner broken off. d) Flaked white quartz in the shape of a very narrow arrow with slight shoulders and wide short shaft.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- hunting
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.05.0012 a-d
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