Foreshaft

Museum number:
1-11765
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.286
Description:
For harpoon. Made of wood; round, tapered, with one end flattened.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Murek, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Murek
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber and Long Charley
Collection date:
May 1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Foreshafts (arrow components)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 57.7 centimeters and diameter 2.3 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 1-11765, described as For harpoon. Made of wood; round, tapered, with one end flattened.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 1-11765, described as For harpoon. Made of wood; round, tapered, with one end flattened.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 1-11765, described as For harpoon. Made of wood; round, tapered, with one end flattened.

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