Spear-thrower

Museum number:
2-15818
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020015818
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Cedar.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Kotzebue Sound, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kotzebue Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Atlatls
Accession date:
1936
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 35.8 inches
Loans:
S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), S1966-1967 #102: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (May 3, 1967–May 3, 1967), and S1967-1968 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 17, 1967–November 17, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-15818, described as Cedar.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-15818, described as Cedar.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-15818, described as Cedar.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-15818, described as Cedar.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-15818, described as Cedar.

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