Barbed, bone. Could also be spear point. Antler, carved; with a barb on one side and two very sharp edges; triangular section; short notch at base, probably owner's mark; conical tang with two small projections to improve the attachment with shaft. Used to hunt small game and also as a toy. Native name: cingileq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea and North, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
NW Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
small game or a toy
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 0.6 centimeters, length 13.5 centimeters, and width 0.75 centimeters