Bird spear point

Museum number:
2-7227
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Thick piece of curved, barbed ivory.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
hunting birds from kayak
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 26 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird spear point, accession number 2-7227, described as Thick piece of curved, barbed ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird spear point, accession number 2-7227, described as Thick piece of curved, barbed ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird spear point, accession number 2-7227, described as Thick piece of curved, barbed ivory.

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