Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Start Over Donor Alaska Commercial Company Materials Bone

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)— diameter 0.5 centimeters, (b)— diameter 0.5 centimeters, (a)— length 59.7 centimeters, (c)— length 28.2 centimeters, and (b)— length 29.3 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— length 2.7 centimeters, point— width 1.5 centimeters, socket— length 18 centimeters, whole— length 119 centimeters, point— length 10 centimeters, shaft at finger rest— width 2 centimeters, socket— diameter 2.5 centimeters, and point— height 0.8 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Collection date:: unknown

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