Harpoon head

Museum number:
2-13408
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Alternate number:
242 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.639
Description:
Leaf shaped slate harpoon head flattened at base. Pencilled writing on one side: "Prehistoric spade from Point Barrow Alaska most northern point of land; presented by Joseph G____land whaler _____1904." this specimen is much larger than those collected by Murdoch but is same shape and material as his examples. Gray slate.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1929
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 11.7 centimeters and length 18 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Murdoch, Pt. Barrow Eskimo, p. 237.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 2-13408, described as Leaf shaped slate harpoon head flattened at base. Pencilled writing on one side: "Prehistoric spade from Point Barrow Alaska most northern point of land; presented by Joseph G____land whaler _____1904." this specimen is much larger than those collected by Murdoch but is same shape and material as his examples. Gray slate.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 2-13408, described as Leaf shaped slate harpoon head flattened at base. Pencilled writing on one side: "Prehistoric spade from Point Barrow Alaska most northern point of land; presented by Joseph G____land whaler _____1904." this specimen is much larger than those collected by Murdoch but is same shape and material as his examples. Gray slate.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 2-13408, described as Leaf shaped slate harpoon head flattened at base. Pencilled writing on one side: "Prehistoric spade from Point Barrow Alaska most northern point of land; presented by Joseph G____land whaler _____1904." this specimen is much larger than those collected by Murdoch but is same shape and material as his examples. Gray slate.

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