Spear

Museum number:
2-1700
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Metal holders on two points. Three tapered points, one with outer edge barbed, two with inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with sinew and with cord. One point curves out from shaft, shaft is notched under points.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Bird spear.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.69 meters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-1700, described as Metal holders on two points. Three tapered points, one with outer edge barbed, two with inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with sinew and with cord. One point curves out from shaft, shaft is notched under points.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-1700, described as Metal holders on two points. Three tapered points, one with outer edge barbed, two with inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with sinew and with cord. One point curves out from shaft, shaft is notched under points.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-1700, described as Metal holders on two points. Three tapered points, one with outer edge barbed, two with inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with sinew and with cord. One point curves out from shaft, shaft is notched under points.

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