Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Start Over Donor Benjamin Bristol Materials Hemp (fiber)

Museum number:: 2-6621
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: shaft— length 60 centimeters, shaft— diameter 1 centimeters, and whole arrow— length 75.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 2-6678a,b
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Shoes (footwear)
Function:: 2.1 Daily Garb
Dimensions:: measurements for storage— width 30 centimeters and measurements for storage— length 47 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 2-4498
Culture or time period:: Kodiak Eskimo and Koniag
Object class:: Fishhooks
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: 12.3 centimeters
Collector:: Alaska Commercial Company
Collection place:: Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

Museum number:: 2-6321
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Harpoons
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: point— width 1.1 centimeters, socket— length 9.5 centimeters, point— height 0.6 centimeters, whole— length 125 centimeters, socket— diameter 2 centimeters, and point— length 6.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Norton Sound to Bristol Bay, Alaska
Collection date:: unknown

Museum number:: 2-6883
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Harpoons
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: head— length 3.5 centimeters, shaft— height 0.9 centimeters, foreshaft— length 3.2 centimeters, shaft— width 1.2 centimeters, and shaft— length 42 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Southern Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

Museum number:: 2-4192
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Mesh measures
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: length 17.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

Museum number:: 2-6060a,b
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Zoomorphic
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Dimensions:: (a)— length 4 centimeters and (b)— length 2.1 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: 1898

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