Harpoon

Museum number:
2-1770
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Ivory tipped, large. Damaged on "Man the Inventor" exhibit loan 564-65 #72, Heard Museum.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Unalakleet, Norton Sound, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Norton Sound; Unalakleet
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Walrus harpoon.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-1770, described as Ivory tipped, large. Damaged on "Man the Inventor" exhibit loan 564-65 #72, Heard Museum.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-1770, described as Ivory tipped, large. Damaged on "Man the Inventor" exhibit loan 564-65 #72, Heard Museum.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-1770, described as Ivory tipped, large. Damaged on "Man the Inventor" exhibit loan 564-65 #72, Heard Museum.

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