Foreshaft and point

Museum number:
2-34228a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1727
Description:
(a) Ivory walrus harpoon socketed foreshaft, 2 incised lines around base. (b) detachable barbed ivory point.
Donor:
The Bates Estate
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1963
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Foreshafts (arrow components)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 7 centimeters and (a)— length 16.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft and point, accession number 2-34228a,b, described as (a) Ivory walrus harpoon socketed foreshaft, 2 incised lines around base. (b) detachable barbed ivory point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft and point, accession number 2-34228a,b, described as (a) Ivory walrus harpoon socketed foreshaft, 2 incised lines around base. (b) detachable barbed ivory point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft and point, accession number 2-34228a,b, described as (a) Ivory walrus harpoon socketed foreshaft, 2 incised lines around base. (b) detachable barbed ivory point.

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