Handle

Museum number:
1-2165
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002165
Alternate number:
749 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Spear handle. Made of wood, round, tapering to flat distal end; slot carved at distal end; proximal end bound with fiber.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Context of use:
For dispatching sea lions.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 31.8 centimeters and width 2.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Handle, accession number 1-2165, described as Spear handle. Made of wood, round, tapering to flat distal end; slot carved at distal end; proximal end bound with fiber.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Handle, accession number 1-2165, described as Spear handle. Made of wood, round, tapering to flat distal end; slot carved at distal end; proximal end bound with fiber.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Handle, accession number 1-2165, described as Spear handle. Made of wood, round, tapering to flat distal end; slot carved at distal end; proximal end bound with fiber.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Handle, accession number 1-2165, described as Spear handle. Made of wood, round, tapering to flat distal end; slot carved at distal end; proximal end bound with fiber.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Handle, accession number 1-2165, described as Spear handle. Made of wood, round, tapering to flat distal end; slot carved at distal end; proximal end bound with fiber.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Handle, accession number 1-2165, described as Spear handle. Made of wood, round, tapering to flat distal end; slot carved at distal end; proximal end bound with fiber.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Handle, accession number 1-2165, described as Spear handle. Made of wood, round, tapering to flat distal end; slot carved at distal end; proximal end bound with fiber.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 1-2165, described as Spear handle. Made of wood, round, tapering to flat distal end; slot carved at distal end; proximal end bound with fiber.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 1-2165, described as Spear handle. Made of wood, round, tapering to flat distal end; slot carved at distal end; proximal end bound with fiber.

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