Gig points

Museum number:
1-501
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Alternate number:
2501 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.13
Description:
One iron tipped with antler shaft, the other iron tip and shaft. Both tanged at shaft wrapped with pitched twine; milkweed string.
Donor:
John Preston Stanley, Philip Mills Jones, and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Round Valley, Mendocino County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Mendocino; Round Valley
Culture or time period:
Yuki
Collector:
Philip Mills Jones
Collection date:
July 16, 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 1901
Context of use:
Hunting. Fish gig points.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 6.5 centimeters
Comment:
From this number on to 1259 specimens are again numbered in the same order as Jones specimens 2500-3250.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gig points, accession number 1-501, described as One iron tipped with antler shaft, the other iron tip and shaft. Both tanged at shaft wrapped with pitched twine; milkweed string.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Gig points, accession number 1-501, described as One iron tipped with antler shaft, the other iron tip and shaft. Both tanged at shaft wrapped with pitched twine; milkweed string.

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