Spear-thrower

Museum number:
2-1825
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
spear thrower, atlatl Made of birch. 3 strips of antler with wood pegs serve as native repair. 2 ivory pegs, each with 2 encircling incised and darkened bands. On back of specimen is penciled "Behring Sea Kussilvack Cape Vancouver".
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kusilvak, Cape Vancouver, Bethel Census Area
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Cape Vancouver; Kusilvak
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Atlatls
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 49 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1825, described as spear thrower, atlatl Made of birch. 3 strips of antler with wood pegs serve as native repair. 2 ivory pegs, each with 2 encircling incised and darkened bands. On back of specimen is penciled "Behring Sea Kussilvack Cape Vancouver".Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1825, described as spear thrower, atlatl Made of birch. 3 strips of antler with wood pegs serve as native repair. 2 ivory pegs, each with 2 encircling incised and darkened bands. On back of specimen is penciled "Behring Sea Kussilvack Cape Vancouver".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1825, described as spear thrower, atlatl Made of birch. 3 strips of antler with wood pegs serve as native repair. 2 ivory pegs, each with 2 encircling incised and darkened bands. On back of specimen is penciled "Behring Sea Kussilvack Cape Vancouver".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1825, described as spear thrower, atlatl Made of birch. 3 strips of antler with wood pegs serve as native repair. 2 ivory pegs, each with 2 encircling incised and darkened bands. On back of specimen is penciled "Behring Sea Kussilvack Cape Vancouver".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1825, described as spear thrower, atlatl Made of birch. 3 strips of antler with wood pegs serve as native repair. 2 ivory pegs, each with 2 encircling incised and darkened bands. On back of specimen is penciled "Behring Sea Kussilvack Cape Vancouver".Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-1825, described as spear thrower, atlatl Made of birch. 3 strips of antler with wood pegs serve as native repair. 2 ivory pegs, each with 2 encircling incised and darkened bands. On back of specimen is penciled "Behring Sea Kussilvack Cape Vancouver".

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