Harpoon head

Museum number:
1-1654
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010001654
Alternate number:
238 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Description:
Elk antler harpoon, unfinished. When finished, for harpooning salmon.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Taxon:
Cervus canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing and 8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
When finished, for harpooning salmon.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 6.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 1-1654, described as Elk antler harpoon, unfinished. When finished, for harpooning salmon.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 1-1654, described as Elk antler harpoon, unfinished. When finished, for harpooning salmon.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 1-1654, described as Elk antler harpoon, unfinished. When finished, for harpooning salmon.

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