Spear guard

Museum number:
2-1115
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Kayak spearguard; one end curved and engraved animal head with open mouth; ivory.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear guard, accession number 2-1115, described as Kayak spearguard; one end curved and engraved animal head with open mouth; ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear guard, accession number 2-1115, described as Kayak spearguard; one end curved and engraved animal head with open mouth; ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear guard, accession number 2-1115, described as Kayak spearguard; one end curved and engraved animal head with open mouth; ivory.

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