Harpoon, antler, with iron point; two barbs on shaft; hide thong attached near base; triangular iron point, sharpened on all sides, hafted to shaft with sinew; L (shaft) 26.6 cm x W 3.7 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Tolowa
Collector:
Pliny Earle Goddard
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1903 and April 30, 1902
Context of use:
For sea lion.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Published: "AR 3: Fig. 23, (NN1b) p. 237
Loans:
S1975-1976 #43: California Academy of Sciences (December 16, 1975–March 23, 1978)