Harpoon dart

Museum number:
2-62074
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020062074
Accession number:
Acc.3458
Description:
Fletched, whalebone foreshaft, wood shaft, point missing. Sinew and cotton lines.
Donor:
Ralph E. Prince
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Context of use:
For hunting seals. Used with spear thrower.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 121.6 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon dart, accession number 2-62074, described as Fletched, whalebone foreshaft, wood shaft, point missing. Sinew and cotton lines.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon dart, accession number 2-62074, described as Fletched, whalebone foreshaft, wood shaft, point missing. Sinew and cotton lines.

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