Harpoon

Museum number:
2-36642
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Accession number:
Acc.1418
Description:
Red stained wood shaft, bone foreshaft, feathers in poor condition. Point missing. Made with painted wood and whalebone, and plaited sinew line.
Donor:
Mary Bartlett
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
Louis Bartlett
Collection date:
ca. 1888
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons and Plaited weaving
Accession date:
1961
Context of use:
For hunting sea otters.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 80 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-36642, described as Red stained wood shaft, bone foreshaft, feathers in poor condition. Point missing. Made with painted wood and whalebone, and plaited sinew line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-36642, described as Red stained wood shaft, bone foreshaft, feathers in poor condition. Point missing. Made with painted wood and whalebone, and plaited sinew line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-36642, described as Red stained wood shaft, bone foreshaft, feathers in poor condition. Point missing. Made with painted wood and whalebone, and plaited sinew line.

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