Collection: Fry

Item Number: Fry0184

Category: Dart - Bird Dart

Region: Arctic

Tribe: Eskimo

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Wood, walrus ivory and bone

Description: These darts were meant to be thrown, with an atatl, at molting birds. The splayed prongs were designed to catch the feathers of the birds and bring them to the water.

Dimensions: 40" and 60"

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