Points for fish gig
- Museum number:
- 1-12768a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm210112768a@2cb
- Alternate number:
- 2040 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.303, Acc.304, Acc.307, and Acc.310
- Description:
- Pair harpoon and/or points for fish gig. Bone and wood points partly covered with pitch attached to cordage.
- Donor:
- Samuel A. Barrett
- Collection place:
- Klamath Reservation, Klamath County, Oregon
- Culture or time period:
- Klamath Lake and Modoc
- Collector:
- Samuel A. Barrett
- Collection date:
- 1907
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Projectile points
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- 1907
- Context of use:
- Used with gig or harpoon for spearing salmon and large trout.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- b)— length 10 centimeters and a)— length 8 centimeters
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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