Harpoon toggle, sheath, and toggle shaft

Museum number:
2-9882a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21029882a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.405
Description:
(a) Harpoon toggle head of ivory with brass point, rawhide leader. (b) Red stained wood sheath with spruce root wrapper. (c) Wood detached toogle shaft with antler point, sinew wrapper.
Donor:
George H. Page
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
George H. Page
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1911
Context of use:
Said to be for walrus.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(c)— length 20.5 centimeters, (a)— length 13 centimeters, and (b)— length 9 centimeters
Loans:
S1962-1963 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon toggle, sheath, and toggle shaft, accession number 2-9882a-c, described as (a) Harpoon toggle head of ivory with brass point, rawhide leader. (b) Red stained wood sheath with spruce root wrapper. (c) Wood detached toogle shaft with antler point, sinew wrapper.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon toggle, sheath, and toggle shaft, accession number 2-9882a-c, described as (a) Harpoon toggle head of ivory with brass point, rawhide leader. (b) Red stained wood sheath with spruce root wrapper. (c) Wood detached toogle shaft with antler point, sinew wrapper.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon toggle, sheath, and toggle shaft, accession number 2-9882a-c, described as (a) Harpoon toggle head of ivory with brass point, rawhide leader. (b) Red stained wood sheath with spruce root wrapper. (c) Wood detached toogle shaft with antler point, sinew wrapper.

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