Harpoon

Museum number:
2-19255
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019255
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Head. Whalebone.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Hope, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Hope
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
1887
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
From a grave. Written on specimen: "Point Hope Grave Geo. Davidson 1887".
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 21 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19255, described as Head. Whalebone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19255, described as Head. Whalebone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19255, described as Head. Whalebone.

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