Red River Museum Arrow
Item's Choctaw Name: Oski Naki
Item's English Name: Cane Arrow
Age: 1930s ?
Material: River Cane
Dimensions: Length = 72 cm Point length = 5.3 cm Max shaft diameter = 0.9cm Min. Shaft Diameter = 0.7 cm Nock Depth = approximately 3 cm.
The arrow shaft shows wrasp marks at the nocks. The metal head is thick and heavily pounded at the tip. The nock appears to have been carved out with a pocket knife by beveling the cane at roughly 30 degrees. |