Spear point

Museum number:
2-65798
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3680
Description:
Carved bone, concave, three barbs on one side, two on other side.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
St. Lawrence Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Lawrence Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Context of use:
Bone spur such as is used on the ends of walrus spears." See Nelson, p. 148.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: Edward William, The Eskimo about Bering Strait, 18th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, Plate LVIII, figure 20.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 2-65798, described as Carved bone, concave, three barbs on one side, two on other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 2-65798, described as Carved bone, concave, three barbs on one side, two on other side.

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