Harpoon

Museum number:
2-15710
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.500FI
Description:
Detachable ivory point.
Donor:
T. W. Anderson
Collection place:
Kuskokwim, Bethel Census Area, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kuskokwim
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
T. W. Anderson
Collection date:
1932
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
August 16, 1937
Context of use:
Walrus harpoon
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 84 inches
Loans:
S1961-1962 #56: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (March 27, 1962–March 27, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), S1966-1967 #102: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (May 3, 1967–May 3, 1967), S1966-1967 #106: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 9, 1967–May 9, 1967), S1967-1968 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 17, 1967–November 17, 1967), S1969-1970 #42: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/William S. Simmons (October 27, 1969–October 27, 1969), S1971-1972 #4: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (July 12, 1971–July 26, 1971), and S1978-1979 #43: El Camino College (February 5, 1979–June 29, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-15710, described as Detachable ivory point.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-15710, described as Detachable ivory point.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-15710, described as Detachable ivory point.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-15710, described as Detachable ivory point.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-15710, described as Detachable ivory point.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-15710, described as Detachable ivory point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-15710, described as Detachable ivory point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-15710, described as Detachable ivory point.

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