Fish spear model

Museum number:
2-1794
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Fish spear model; red-stained wood shaft; 3 metal points, two of which face inward from bone shafts, 1 extends downward from center of main shaft; red-stained rawhide binding. Made for sale, novelty.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; NW Territories; Mackenzie River;
Culture or time period:
Mackenzie Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
1894
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish spear model, accession number 2-1794, described as Fish spear model; red-stained wood shaft; 3 metal points, two of which face inward from bone shafts, 1 extends downward from center of main shaft; red-stained rawhide binding. Made for sale, novelty.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish spear model, accession number 2-1794, described as Fish spear model; red-stained wood shaft; 3 metal points, two of which face inward from bone shafts, 1 extends downward from center of main shaft; red-stained rawhide binding. Made for sale, novelty.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fish spear model, accession number 2-1794, described as Fish spear model; red-stained wood shaft; 3 metal points, two of which face inward from bone shafts, 1 extends downward from center of main shaft; red-stained rawhide binding. Made for sale, novelty.

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