Harpoon

Museum number:
2-10903
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Accession number:
Acc.590
Description:
Small bone barb notched on one side only. Red stained wood shaft, whalebone forshaft, bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Sinew line.
Donor:
J. N. Force
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1923
Context of use:
For hunting sea otters.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 84.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-10903, described as Small bone barb notched on one side only. Red stained wood shaft, whalebone forshaft, bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Sinew line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-10903, described as Small bone barb notched on one side only. Red stained wood shaft, whalebone forshaft, bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Sinew line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-10903, described as Small bone barb notched on one side only. Red stained wood shaft, whalebone forshaft, bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Sinew line.

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