Harpoon

Museum number:
2-6307
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2500 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Sea; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Leather, Paint (coating) (red), Penis bone (baculum), and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to hunt sea mammals
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
point— length 10 centimeters, shaft at proximal end— width 0.6 centimeters, point— height 0.7 centimeters, whole— length 170 centimeters, shaft at proximal end— length 0.8 centimeters, socket— length 19 centimeters, socket— diameter 3.2 centimeters, and point— width 1.4 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC-41-01; ACC41-00 p. 106 Graburn cf. 2-6313
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.

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