Game
Name
Game
Type
ethnographic
Creator
Bkejwanong/Walpole Island First Nation
John Colwell
Spatial Coverage
Canada
Walpole Island, Ontario
Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
1933-07-22
Description
"Flying fish arrow" made by John Colwell, son-in-law of George Shogonosh. Made of shell bark hickory. Used in game -- each person having his own and throwing. Said to have also been used in hunting wild game, small game. Made with shaving horse and drawing knife -- sand papered (from Volney Jones' 1933 field notes).
Identifier
UMMAA 13992
Collector
Volney Jones and Mrs. Hyman (Ada) Smith
UM holding institution
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
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