Atlatl

Museum number:
2-4345
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004345
Alternate number:
x-491 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Throwing stick for sea otter spear
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
A. Greenebaum
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Atlatls
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For sea otter spear.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Atlatl, accession number 2-4345, described as Throwing stick for sea otter spearHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Atlatl, accession number 2-4345, described as Throwing stick for sea otter spearHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Atlatl, accession number 2-4345, described as Throwing stick for sea otter spearHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Atlatl, accession number 2-4345, described as Throwing stick for sea otter spear
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Atlatl, accession number 2-4345, described as Throwing stick for sea otter spearDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Atlatl, accession number 2-4345, described as Throwing stick for sea otter spearDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Atlatl, accession number 2-4345, described as Throwing stick for sea otter spear

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