Foreshaft

Museum number:
2-1955
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Bone and wood.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Northwest Bering Sea
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 seal spear.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 24.9 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 2-1955, described as Bone and wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 2-1955, described as Bone and wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 2-1955, described as Bone and wood.

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