Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by William Gowan (or Gowen) between 1850 and 1854 when he served on the HMS Enterprise during a search for explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), who disappeared during an 1845-1847 voyage to chart Canada's Northwest Passage; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") at an unknown date; purchased by MAI from W.O. Oldman in 1917.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Inuit or Iñupiaq (attributed)
- Collector
- William Gowan (William Gowen), Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Object Name
- Arrow
- Media/Materials
- Wood, animal bone, sinew
- Techniques
- Barbed
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
