Harpoon

Museum number:
2-14931
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Accession number:
Acc.693
Description:
Foreshaft and point of whalebone; cord wrapping of sealion gut; wood shaft; point attached with cotton cordage woven with white, blue and red yarn.
Donor:
Margaret Lantis
Collection place:
Unalaska, Unalaska Island, Fox Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Unalaska
Culture or time period:
Eastern Aleut
Collector:
Margaret Lantis
Collection date:
1934
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1934
Context of use:
Sea otter harpoon. Made-to-order model of modern make.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.22 meters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-14931, described as Foreshaft and point of whalebone; cord wrapping of sealion gut; wood shaft; point attached with cotton cordage woven with white, blue and red yarn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-14931, described as Foreshaft and point of whalebone; cord wrapping of sealion gut; wood shaft; point attached with cotton cordage woven with white, blue and red yarn.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-14931, described as Foreshaft and point of whalebone; cord wrapping of sealion gut; wood shaft; point attached with cotton cordage woven with white, blue and red yarn.

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