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1957 · Williams

Arrow Head

Pale mint-green sky, blue and rust-red rock buttes, yellow desert plain, green trees, white teepee with blue smoke and teepee camp.

Year
1957
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

Made by

Design
Harry Williams
Art
George Molentin

Vision analysis

On the backglass

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Arrow Head backglass

Backglass

  • green
  • yellow
  • black
  • white

Fingerprint: Arrow Head title; pair colossal crossed Indian war clubs forming giant X black-white triangles with colored value panels; blonde archer side-profile drawing bow red tunic, yellow fringed skirt, feathered headdress; blue-rimmed bullseye medallion upper right stepped motif; teepee with blue smoke plume, mounted riders, buttes; mint-green sky, yellow, black, white

Distinctive

The centrepiece is a colossal pair of crossed, banded Indian war clubs forming a giant X, each studded with black-and-white triangles and carrying a rainbow of numbered value panels from 1 to 8. A blonde Plains-style archer woman in a red tunic and fringed yellow skirt draws a bow directly in front of the left club, aimed across the X. A circular blue-rimmed bullseye medallion with stepped motifs and radiating arrowheads sits in the top right corner. Three horseback riders gallop across a teepee camp scene in the lower right, against buttes and a mint-green sky.

Setting

  • Pale mint-green sky
  • Blue and rust-red rock buttes
  • Yellow desert plain
  • Green trees
  • White teepee with blue smoke
  • Teepee camp

Symbols

  • Two crossed indian war clubs
  • Black-and-white triangle banding
  • Archery bow and arrow
  • Circular blue-rimmed bullseye medallion with stepped motif
  • Yellow and black arrowheads
  • Blue-tipped arrows
  • Feather headdress
  • Teepee with smoke plume
  • Coloured diamond motif
  • Numbered value ladder 1 to 8

Lettering

  • Large bold yellow sans-serif block capitals with a thin dark outline for arrow head, arched across the top; a small yellow script williams signature above the a; value numerals in solid coloured squares with white and black digits

Themes

  • Native american
  • Plains indian
  • Archery
  • War clubs
  • Teepee camp
  • Western
  • Bowling bonus ladder
  • Target bullseye

Title on it

  • Arrow head

Text on it

  • Williams
  • ARROW HEAD
  • MILLION
  • 8
  • 900 000
  • 7
  • 800 000
  • 6
  • 700 000
  • 5
  • 600 000
  • 4
  • 500 000
  • 3
  • 400 000
  • 2
  • 300 000
  • 1
  • 200 000
  • 100 000
  • BALLS PLAYED
  • A PRODUCT OF
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Young blonde woman, side profile facing right, wearing a full war bonnet of yellow, red, white and blue feathers, a red sleeveless top, a yellow skirt with red zigzag bands and tan fringe, yellow moccasin boots; arms extended drawing a wooden bow and arrow aimed right
Other Three native american riders on galloping horses crossing the lower right, one on a white horse, one on a tan horse, one on a pale grey-green horse, all in feathered headdresses with trailing feathers
Animal Three horses, white, tan and pale grey-green, all shown mid-gallop with legs extended
Full description

A painted cartoon backglass dominated by two enormous crossed Indian war clubs, bowling-pin shaped with black-and-white triangle banding and coloured bands, forming a giant X across the centre. A young blonde woman in a feathered headdress stands left of centre, side-on, drawing a wooden bow and arrow to the right: she wears a red sleeveless tunic top, a yellow-and-red zigzag mini-skirt with tan fringe, yellow moccasin boots, and a red-and-blue feather bustle behind her shoulder. The left club carries a column of numerals 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 in coloured blocks under the word MILLION, with values 900 000 down to 100 000 in matching coloured panels beside them. The background is a pale mint-green sky over blue and rust-red rocky buttes, a yellow plain, green trees, and a white teepee with a blue smoke plume, with three mounted Native American riders crossing right to left. Top right is a round blue-rimmed target medallion with a stepped white-and-blue motif, black and yellow arrowheads and blue-tipped arrows. Along the bottom edge are black framed panels reading BALLS PLAYED and 1, plus a small yellow-and-red diamond motif at far left. Dominant colours: pale mint green, bright yellow, black, white, with red and blue accents.