Spear

Museum number:
2-6300
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2493 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Three tapered points, inner edges barbed. Attached to wooden shaft with sinew.
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:
unknown
Materials:
Sinew (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Bird spear.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.38 meters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Spear, accession number 2-6300, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed. Attached to wooden shaft with sinew.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Spear, accession number 2-6300, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed. Attached to wooden shaft with sinew.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Spear, accession number 2-6300, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed. Attached to wooden shaft with sinew.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Spear, accession number 2-6300, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed. Attached to wooden shaft with sinew.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-6300, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed. Attached to wooden shaft with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-6300, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed. Attached to wooden shaft with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-6300, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed. Attached to wooden shaft with sinew.

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