Spear

Museum number:
2-19363
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Two tapered points (one point of trident missing), inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with sinew.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Bird spear
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.56 meters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-19363, described as Two tapered points (one point of trident missing), inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-19363, described as Two tapered points (one point of trident missing), inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-19363, described as Two tapered points (one point of trident missing), inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with sinew.

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