Point

Museum number:
1-1946
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001946
Alternate number:
530 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.67, Acc.69, and Acc.86
Description:
Harpoon, made of iron. Lashed to pair of bone barbs and rawhide thong by twine and mastic; thong attached to twisted fiber cordage with loop at end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1903, January 15, 1903, and July 15, 1902
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 10 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #24: Samuel A. Barrett (November 9, 1961–September 11, 1962), S1963-1964 #83: Anthropology Department, Vallejo Junior College (May 7, 1964–June 2, 1964), S1964-1965 #82: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Shane Griffin (March 26, 1965–April 2, 1965), S1983-1984 #48: Hoopa Tribal Museum (May 15, 1984–September 21, 1984), and S1987-1988 #36: Mills College (March 11, 1988–May 23, 1988)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Point, accession number 1-1946, described as Harpoon, made of iron. Lashed to pair of bone barbs and rawhide thong by twine and mastic; thong attached to twisted fiber cordage with loop at end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Point, accession number 1-1946, described as Harpoon, made of iron. Lashed to pair of bone barbs and rawhide thong by twine and mastic; thong attached to twisted fiber cordage with loop at end.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Point, accession number 1-1946, described as Harpoon, made of iron. Lashed to pair of bone barbs and rawhide thong by twine and mastic; thong attached to twisted fiber cordage with loop at end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-1946, described as Harpoon, made of iron. Lashed to pair of bone barbs and rawhide thong by twine and mastic; thong attached to twisted fiber cordage with loop at end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-1946, described as Harpoon, made of iron. Lashed to pair of bone barbs and rawhide thong by twine and mastic; thong attached to twisted fiber cordage with loop at end.

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