Harpoon

Museum number:
2-45815
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2453
Description:
Arrow. Red stained wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, sinew at base, wrapped in newspaper. Point missing.
Donor:
Alice Fremont Morse Hansen
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
Olaf Christian Hansen
Collection date:
1908-1916
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
For hunting sea otters.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 82.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-45815, described as Arrow. Red stained wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, sinew at base, wrapped in newspaper. Point missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-45815, described as Arrow. Red stained wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, sinew at base, wrapped in newspaper. Point missing.

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