A small arrow made from chicozapote wood with a sharpened wooden tip. The arrow has two eagle feathers attached to its tail end, one gray feather and one gray and white feather. The arrow shaft is wrapped in black colored cording, colored with achiote, in three spots: just above the feathers, the center of the arrow, and just below the sharpened tip.

Details

Catalog Number: A97:3:57B

Object Name: ARROW, MINIATURE

Artist/Maker:

• Artist: Chan K'in IV

Material: WOODFEATHERNATURAL DYE

Dimensions:

• Length: 47.5 cm

World Region: North America

Culture Area: Mesoamerica

People/Culture: Maya

Culture Subgroup: Lacandon Maya

Place Made: MexicoChiapasOcosingoNahá

Collection: Anthropology