Spear-thrower

Museum number:
2-1812
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Red stained spruce with black cross on one face, single wood peg.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Norton Sound, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Norton Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Atlatls
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 43 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1812, described as Red stained spruce with black cross on one face, single wood peg.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1812, described as Red stained spruce with black cross on one face, single wood peg.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1812, described as Red stained spruce with black cross on one face, single wood peg.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1812, described as Red stained spruce with black cross on one face, single wood peg.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1812, described as Red stained spruce with black cross on one face, single wood peg.

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