Foreshaft

Museum number:
2-2786
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Seal hand lance foreshaft with copper point set in antler, antler spur projecting from antler part of foreshaft.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Foreshafts (arrow components)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
For hunting whales, walruses.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 24 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. LVIIa, #16 from Chalitmut; cf. 2-2784.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 2-2786, described as Seal hand lance foreshaft with copper point set in antler, antler spur projecting from antler part of foreshaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 2-2786, described as Seal hand lance foreshaft with copper point set in antler, antler spur projecting from antler part of foreshaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 2-2786, described as Seal hand lance foreshaft with copper point set in antler, antler spur projecting from antler part of foreshaft.

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