Spear

Museum number:
2-1797
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Wooden shaft terminting in two inward-facing hooks and center point, all attached to shaft with sinew.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Fish spear.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.68 meters
Loans:
S1978-1979 #43: El Camino College (February 5, 1979–June 29, 1979)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-1797, described as Wooden shaft terminting in two inward-facing hooks and center point, all attached to shaft with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-1797, described as Wooden shaft terminting in two inward-facing hooks and center point, all attached to shaft with sinew.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-1797, described as Wooden shaft terminting in two inward-facing hooks and center point, all attached to shaft with sinew.

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