Foreshaft and sheath

Museum number:
2-2784a,b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Lance foreshaft. (a) Wood shaft, brass point in antler haft with antler spur. (b) Red stained wood sheath with spruce root binding.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Foreshafts (arrow components)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
For hunting seals, whales, walruses.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— length 18.5 centimeters and (a)— length 26.2 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson Pl. LVIIa, #16 from Chalitmut; cf. 2-2786.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present) and S1974-1975 #30: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Allen Pastron (October 30, 1974–November 11, 1974)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft and sheath, accession number 2-2784a,b, described as Lance foreshaft. (a) Wood shaft, brass point in antler haft with antler spur. (b) Red stained wood sheath with spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft and sheath, accession number 2-2784a,b, described as Lance foreshaft. (a) Wood shaft, brass point in antler haft with antler spur. (b) Red stained wood sheath with spruce root binding.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft and sheath, accession number 2-2784a,b, described as Lance foreshaft. (a) Wood shaft, brass point in antler haft with antler spur. (b) Red stained wood sheath with spruce root binding.

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