Harpoon

Museum number:
2-5827
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-917 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Seal harpoon, feathered. Antler point; symmetrically barbed, attached to leather thong, tied to shaft at socket binding; antler finger rest, in form of killer whale fin; bone socket set on top of shaft. Native name: naqiiquyaq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea and North, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material), Bone (material), and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf.2-5829
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— length 126 centimeters, socket— height 1.9 centimeters, point— width 1.2 centimeters, socket— width 2.3 centimeters, point— length 6 centimeters, socket— length 11 centimeters, whole— weight 160 grams, and point— height 0.6 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC42-02; ACC42-01 p. 103 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5827, described as Seal harpoon, feathered. Antler point; symmetrically barbed, attached to leather thong, tied to shaft at socket binding; antler finger rest, in form of killer whale fin; bone socket set on top of shaft. Native name: naqiiquyaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5827, described as Seal harpoon, feathered. Antler point; symmetrically barbed, attached to leather thong, tied to shaft at socket binding; antler finger rest, in form of killer whale fin; bone socket set on top of shaft. Native name: naqiiquyaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5827, described as Seal harpoon, feathered. Antler point; symmetrically barbed, attached to leather thong, tied to shaft at socket binding; antler finger rest, in form of killer whale fin; bone socket set on top of shaft. Native name: naqiiquyaq.

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