Lance

Museum number:
2-13014
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
127 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.617
Description:
Iron bladed; willow shoot ? shaft covered with commercial red wool in diagonal twill. Pendant from flannel wrapper are hawk feathers (some dyed red) and a red-dyed eagle feather. Yellow-dyed horsehair at base of blade partially wrapped with blue and red glass trade beads.
Donor:
Nina F. Sargent and Perry Lincoln Sargent
Collection place:
Montana
Verbatim coll. place:
Montana
Culture or time period:
Plains Cree
Collector:
Nina F. Sargent and Perry Lincoln Sargent
Collection date:
1926
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1926
Context of use:
Used in both hunting and warfare; thrust, not thrown.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
depth 7 centimeters, width 56 centimeters, and length 171 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: "2-13014 neg. file" Exhibited: "UCLMA, Plains Indians, 1971
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Lance, accession number 2-13014, described as Iron bladed; willow shoot ? shaft covered with commercial red wool in diagonal twill. Pendant from flannel wrapper are hawk feathers (some dyed red) and a red-dyed eagle feather. Yellow-dyed horsehair at base of blade partially wrapped with blue and red glass trade beads.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lance, accession number 2-13014, described as Iron bladed; willow shoot ? shaft covered with commercial red wool in diagonal twill. Pendant from flannel wrapper are hawk feathers (some dyed red) and a red-dyed eagle feather. Yellow-dyed horsehair at base of blade partially wrapped with blue and red glass trade beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lance, accession number 2-13014, described as Iron bladed; willow shoot ? shaft covered with commercial red wool in diagonal twill. Pendant from flannel wrapper are hawk feathers (some dyed red) and a red-dyed eagle feather. Yellow-dyed horsehair at base of blade partially wrapped with blue and red glass trade beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lance, accession number 2-13014, described as Iron bladed; willow shoot ? shaft covered with commercial red wool in diagonal twill. Pendant from flannel wrapper are hawk feathers (some dyed red) and a red-dyed eagle feather. Yellow-dyed horsehair at base of blade partially wrapped with blue and red glass trade beads.

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