Hunting implements model

Museum number:
2-4396a-d
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21024396a@2dd
Alternate number:
x-542 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
(a) Shaft of spear or harpoon, red painted wood; (b) Bird spear with barbed antler point, 3 barbed points on shaft; (c) Model bird arrow; (d) Boathook.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for sale
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(d)— length 24.5 centimeters, (a)— length 25.5 centimeters, (c)— length 22.5 centimeters, and (b)— length 23.6 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hunting implements model, accession number 2-4396a-d, described as (a) Shaft of spear or harpoon, red painted wood; (b) Bird spear with barbed antler point, 3 barbed points on shaft; (c) Model bird arrow; (d) Boathook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hunting implements model, accession number 2-4396a-d, described as (a) Shaft of spear or harpoon, red painted wood; (b) Bird spear with barbed antler point, 3 barbed points on shaft; (c) Model bird arrow; (d) Boathook.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hunting implements model, accession number 2-4396a-d, described as (a) Shaft of spear or harpoon, red painted wood; (b) Bird spear with barbed antler point, 3 barbed points on shaft; (c) Model bird arrow; (d) Boathook.

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