Harpoon

Museum number:
2-6592
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2785 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Red-painted wood shaft, bone foreshaft, detachable head of native copper with 3 unilateral barbs; fletched; plaited sinew line.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Prince William Sound, Valdez-Cordova Borough, Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut and Chugach
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Materials:
Copper (metal), Feather (material), and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For hunting sea otter.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 75.3 centimeters
Comment:
References: "Birket-Smith, The Chugach Eskimo, pp. 30-31
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6592, described as Red-painted wood shaft, bone foreshaft, detachable head of native copper with 3 unilateral barbs; fletched; plaited sinew line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6592, described as Red-painted wood shaft, bone foreshaft, detachable head of native copper with 3 unilateral barbs; fletched; plaited sinew line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6592, described as Red-painted wood shaft, bone foreshaft, detachable head of native copper with 3 unilateral barbs; fletched; plaited sinew line.

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