Spear-thrower

Museum number:
2-4343
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004343
Alternate number:
x-489 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Red-stained spruce, 1 wood peg.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Cape Nome, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Cape Nome
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Atlatls
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
as 2-4341
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 53.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-4343, described as Red-stained spruce, 1 wood peg.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-4343, described as Red-stained spruce, 1 wood peg.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-4343, described as Red-stained spruce, 1 wood peg.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-4343, described as Red-stained spruce, 1 wood peg.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-4343, described as Red-stained spruce, 1 wood peg.

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