Harpoon

Museum number:
2-19009a,b
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Accession number:
Acc.862
Description:
(a) Foreshaft. Of whalebone with rawhide thong attached to (b) ivory tapering detached toggle shaft.
Donor:
Donald E. Worcester
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Donald E. Worcester
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1946
Context of use:
From walrus harpoon.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 9 centimeters and (a)— length 22 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Murdoch fig. 274.
Loans:
S1965-1966 #86a: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (May 19, 1966–September 6, 1966)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19009a,b, described as (a) Foreshaft. Of whalebone with rawhide thong attached to (b) ivory tapering detached toggle shaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19009a,b, described as (a) Foreshaft. Of whalebone with rawhide thong attached to (b) ivory tapering detached toggle shaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19009a,b, described as (a) Foreshaft. Of whalebone with rawhide thong attached to (b) ivory tapering detached toggle shaft.

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