Spear

Museum number:
2-4355a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21024355a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-501 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Slate blade, loosely inserted into notched antler foreshaft which terminates in a sharp pointed dowel. Antler has incised geometric decoration, possibly owner's mark. The dowel is inserted into a wooden shaft and bound with sinew.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material) and Slate (rock)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Foreshaft may not belong with (a).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 17.5 centimeters and (b)— length 14.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Added in red pencil, "Sheath missing on loan, 1968." "No sheath found 1971; foreshaft may not belong w/ (a)." Neg number: ACC29-28A p. 88 Graburn
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-4355a,b, described as Slate blade, loosely inserted into notched antler foreshaft which terminates in a sharp pointed dowel. Antler has incised geometric decoration, possibly owner's mark. The dowel is inserted into a wooden shaft and bound with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-4355a,b, described as Slate blade, loosely inserted into notched antler foreshaft which terminates in a sharp pointed dowel. Antler has incised geometric decoration, possibly owner's mark. The dowel is inserted into a wooden shaft and bound with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-4355a,b, described as Slate blade, loosely inserted into notched antler foreshaft which terminates in a sharp pointed dowel. Antler has incised geometric decoration, possibly owner's mark. The dowel is inserted into a wooden shaft and bound with sinew.

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