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1. Bird spear

Museum number:
2-6285
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1.11 Summer Sea Hunting and 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:
length 1.53 meters
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Alaska

2. Club

Museum number:
2-7181
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Object class:
Clubs (weapons)
Function:
1.1.11 Summer Sea Hunting
Production date:
1869-1890
Dimensions:
length 157 centimeters, diameter 6 centimeters, and diameter 2.7 centimeters
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Pribilof Islands, Aleutians West Borough, Alaska
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Callorhinus alascanus

3. Harpoon

Museum number:
2-6318
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1.11 Summer Sea Hunting and 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:
shaft at proximal end— width 0.8 centimeters, socket— diameter 3 centimeters, socket— length 18 centimeters, whole— length 144 centimeters, shaft at proximal end— length 0.9 centimeters, point— width 1.3 centimeters, point— length 7 centimeters, point— height 0.5 centimeters, shaft at finger rest— length 2 centimeters, and shaft at finger rest— width 1.5 centimeters
Collector:
unknown
Collection place:
Norton Sound to Bristol Bay, Alaska
Collection date:
unknown