Spear
- Museum number:
- 2-6302
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020006302
- Alternate number:
- x-2495 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Wooden shaft terminating in two inward facing hooks and center point, all attached to shaft with sinew.
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Antler, Antler (material), Bone, and Bone (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Spears (weapons)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Fish spear. Large spears are used to catch fish attracted by jiggling antler lures which are suspended from boats or through holes in the ice.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 1.89 meters
- Legacy documentation:
-