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Wooden arrow with feather attachments and painted stripes / Blas Placidio

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Essay/Description

Wood arrow with metal tip and 3 rows of feather fletching attached with sinew. Under fletching is a stripe of blue paint and a stripe of red paint.

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.

Tags: arrow, wood
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 feather attachments and painted stripes
Creator(s): 
Blas Placidio (Artist)
Culture: 
Native American; Kiowa
Date: 
20th century
Materials/Techniques: 
wood, metal, feather, paint, sinew
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Object Type: 
Arrow
Accession No: 
84.3116
Previous Number(s): 
TL1999.22.6
Department: 
Anthropology
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