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ID: 700008631
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008631
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
Arrowhead (arrowhead; unknown Archaic Native American; circa 8,000-4,000 BCE; Chicago History Museum ; X.282)
Note: Fragment of sand-colored flint chiseled or roughened into the shape of an arrowhead point. Stone-hewn arrowheads such as this were common hunting tools and weapons of Native American peoples during the Archaic Period.
Titles:
Arrowhead (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
arrowhead [300024861] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, weapon components, projectile weapon components, arrow components)

Classifications:
tools / implements (preferred)
Pre-Columbian art

Creation Date: circa 8,000-4,000 BCE

Creator Display:
unknown Archaic Native American [preferred,VP]
owner Chicago Historical Society (American society, Chicago, founded 1856) [500304670]
creator unknown Archaic Native American (Archaic Native American cultural designation) [500125287]
Locations:
Current: Chicago History Museum (Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, United States) [500372795] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: X.282
Credit Line: Chicago History Museum Collection
Address Note: 1601 Clark Street Chicago, Ill. 60614-6038
Display Materials: flint
flint (rock) [300011143]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>, chert)

Dimensions: unavailable
Cultures:
Archaic Native American (preferred)

General Subject:
utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:
hunting [300239666]
.....(Activities Facet, Physical and Mental Activities (hierarchy name), physical activities, <physical activities by specific context>, <physical activities by location>, <forest and nature activities>) (AAT)
battle [300185692]
.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), armed conflicts) (AAT)

Copyright: © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Arrowhead........ [VP]
........ Chicago History Museum (2005-)
Subject: ....... [VP]
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Chicago History Museum (2005-)
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