Dart

Museum number:
2-4334
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004334
Alternate number:
x-480 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Feathered blue pigmented wood shaft, bone point.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Feather (material), Leather, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.6 Sports, Games, Amusements; Gambling and Pet Accessories
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Throwing dart used in the game "cassim".
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 37.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann 440.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Dart, accession number 2-4334, described as Feathered blue pigmented wood shaft, bone point.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Dart, accession number 2-4334, described as Feathered blue pigmented wood shaft, bone point.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Dart, accession number 2-4334, described as Feathered blue pigmented wood shaft, bone point.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dart, accession number 2-4334, described as Feathered blue pigmented wood shaft, bone point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dart, accession number 2-4334, described as Feathered blue pigmented wood shaft, bone point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dart, accession number 2-4334, described as Feathered blue pigmented wood shaft, bone point.

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