Harpoon model

Museum number:
2-6883
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x - 3076 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wooden. Carved; shaft, foreshaft & toggling head; sinew dart line & hemp string for lashing.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Southern Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Hemp (fiber), Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
head— length 3.5 centimeters, shaft— height 0.9 centimeters, foreshaft— length 3.2 centimeters, shaft— width 1.2 centimeters, and shaft— length 42 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC18-32 Graburn, Nelson H.H., Molly Lee, Jean-Loup Rousselot, and Robin K. Wright. Catalogue Raisonné of the Alaska Commercial Company Collection, Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 111. Vol. 21. Univ of California Press, 1996.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon model, accession number 2-6883, described as Wooden. Carved; shaft, foreshaft & toggling head; sinew dart line & hemp string for lashing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon model, accession number 2-6883, described as Wooden. Carved; shaft, foreshaft & toggling head; sinew dart line & hemp string for lashing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon model, accession number 2-6883, described as Wooden. Carved; shaft, foreshaft & toggling head; sinew dart line & hemp string for lashing.

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