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Wooden arrow with blue feather attachments / Blas Placidio

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Essay/Description

Fire hardened stun arrow. Has 3 rows of feather fletching with bright blue down attached with sinew. Has a red and a blue stripe.

Curatorial Remarks

The painted stripes on the arrow have meaning in relation to the ownership or the identity of the creator, but there is no record of the significance. The feather decoration on this arrow would have affected the performance of the arrow.

Tags: arrow, feather
People: Kiowa
Places: Southern Plains, Oklahoma
Purpose: domestic use, hunting, warfare

From interviews with Dr. Garrick Bailey, 2018-2020 University of Tulsa, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Title(s): 
Wooden arrow with blue feather attachments
Creator(s): 
Blas Placidio (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Kiowa
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, feather, metal, paint, sinew
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Arrow
Accession No: 
84.3113
Previous Number(s): 
TL1999.22.3
Department: 
Anthropology
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