Spear

Museum number:
2-9404
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Alternate number:
459 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.371
Description:
Three tapered points, inner edges barbed, jointed wooden shaft. Points attached to shaft with sinew and cotton cord. Copper wire at joint.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
May 1909
Context of use:
For birds.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.55 meters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-9404, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed, jointed wooden shaft. Points attached to shaft with sinew and cotton cord. Copper wire at joint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-9404, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed, jointed wooden shaft. Points attached to shaft with sinew and cotton cord. Copper wire at joint.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-9404, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed, jointed wooden shaft. Points attached to shaft with sinew and cotton cord. Copper wire at joint.

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