Harpoon dart

Museum number:
2-62076
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3458
Description:
Fletched, whalebone foreshaft. Point missing, wood shaft. Sinew lines, 2 rows of feathers attached with cotton cordage and spruce root.
Donor:
Ralph E. Prince
Collection place:
Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Cape Vancouver; Chalitmut
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Context of use:
Nelson's "double feathered butt". Used with spear thrower for hunting seals.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 129 centimeters
Comment:
References: Nelson, Pl. LIV #5, 6, and text p. 137.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon dart, accession number 2-62076, described as Fletched, whalebone foreshaft. Point missing, wood shaft. Sinew lines, 2 rows of feathers attached with cotton cordage and spruce root.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon dart, accession number 2-62076, described as Fletched, whalebone foreshaft. Point missing, wood shaft. Sinew lines, 2 rows of feathers attached with cotton cordage and spruce root.

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