Spear

Museum number:
2-1722
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Three tapered points, inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with cotton cord.
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)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Bird spear.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.63 meters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-1722, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with cotton cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-1722, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with cotton cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-1722, described as Three tapered points, inner edges barbed, attached to wooden shaft with cotton cord.

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