Spearhead

Museum number:
2-4381
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004381
Alternate number:
x-527 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Spear or harpoon head, ivory.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Eskimo (?)
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 2-4381, described as Spear or harpoon head, ivory.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 2-4381, described as Spear or harpoon head, ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 2-4381, described as Spear or harpoon head, ivory.

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