Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Museum number:: 2-4051
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Adzes
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 17 centimeters
Collector:: W. L. Gerstle
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

Museum number:: 2-4409a-c
Culture or time period:: Malemiut Eskimo
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles) and Bows (weapons)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: (c)— length 28.2 centimeters, (b)— length 29.3 centimeters, (a)— length 59.7 centimeters, (b)— diameter 0.5 centimeters, and (c)— diameter 0.5 centimeters
Collector:: Rudolph Neumann
Collection place:: Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough

Museum number:: 2-6292
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Harpoons
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: shaft at finger rest— width 2 centimeters, whole— length 119 centimeters, socket— diameter 2.5 centimeters, point— height 0.8 centimeters, point— length 10 centimeters, shaft at finger rest— length 2.7 centimeters, point— width 1.5 centimeters, and socket— length 18 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Collection date:: unknown

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