Spear

Museum number:
1-1035
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001035
Alternate number:
3035 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.19
Description:
Flint, hafted, brown green stone; bifacially flaked; spear-point shaped; red fiber bindings at proximal end of shaft. Carried by man in center of jump dance.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Weitchpec
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
August 2, 1901
Materials:
Flint (rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 7, 1901
Context of use:
Carried by man in the center of jumping dancing.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 9 centimeters and width 3.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Spear, accession number 1-1035, described as Flint, hafted, brown green stone; bifacially flaked; spear-point shaped; red fiber bindings at proximal end of shaft. Carried by man in center of jump dance.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Spear, accession number 1-1035, described as Flint, hafted, brown green stone; bifacially flaked; spear-point shaped; red fiber bindings at proximal end of shaft. Carried by man in center of jump dance.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Spear, accession number 1-1035, described as Flint, hafted, brown green stone; bifacially flaked; spear-point shaped; red fiber bindings at proximal end of shaft. Carried by man in center of jump dance.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 1-1035, described as Flint, hafted, brown green stone; bifacially flaked; spear-point shaped; red fiber bindings at proximal end of shaft. Carried by man in center of jump dance.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 1-1035, described as Flint, hafted, brown green stone; bifacially flaked; spear-point shaped; red fiber bindings at proximal end of shaft. Carried by man in center of jump dance.

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