Harpoon

Museum number:
2-62080
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3458
Description:
Incomplete. Thick, heavy, red stained wood shaft. Flanged whalebone foreshaft with large opening for point attached by sinew cordage.
Donor:
Ralph E. Prince
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
Walrus harpoon ???
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 184 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-62080, described as Incomplete. Thick, heavy, red stained wood shaft. Flanged whalebone foreshaft with large opening for point attached by sinew cordage.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-62080, described as Incomplete. Thick, heavy, red stained wood shaft. Flanged whalebone foreshaft with large opening for point attached by sinew cordage.

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