Shaft Straightener

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Shaft Straightener

Entry/Object ID

1954.283.69

Description

Ground stone shaft straightener. It is rectangular with one end roughly broken off. There is a round hole near the center, and a rounded groove running the width of the body.

Use

Used to straighten the shafts of arrows

Context

Collected by Emma P. Sampson in Caledonia County, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1954.283

Source or Donor

Beals, Marguerite E.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

New England

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Abenaki
Native American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Straightener, Arrow

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Armament Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Armaments

Nomenclature Category

Category 05: Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Material

Stone

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Sampson, Emma P. Merrill (1865-1953)

Related Places

Place

County

Caledonia County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America