Harpoon

Museum number:
2-5835
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-925 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Feathered harpoon; cf. 2-5829 except point bilaterally barbed; ivory socket; one of three feathers lost. Used for summer sea hunting.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea and North, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material), Bone (material), Feather (material), Ivory (material), and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf. 2-5829
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
socket— diameter 2.5 centimeters, point— height 0.5 centimeters, point— length 7.7 centimeters, socket— length 16.5 centimeters, whole— length 124.5 centimeters, whole— weight 220 grams, and point— width 1.5 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC42-04; ACC42-03 p. 105 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5835, described as Feathered harpoon; cf. 2-5829 except point bilaterally barbed; ivory socket; one of three feathers lost. Used for summer sea hunting.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5835, described as Feathered harpoon; cf. 2-5829 except point bilaterally barbed; ivory socket; one of three feathers lost. Used for summer sea hunting.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5835, described as Feathered harpoon; cf. 2-5829 except point bilaterally barbed; ivory socket; one of three feathers lost. Used for summer sea hunting.

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