Harpoon

Museum number:
2-19434
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Whalebone foreshaft, bone point with 3 unilateral barbs. Red-painted wood shaft. Cf. 2-19433 (found inside)
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
George Davidson
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
For hunting sea otter.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 87.6 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Cf. 2-19433.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19434, described as Whalebone foreshaft, bone point with 3 unilateral barbs. Red-painted wood shaft. Cf. 2-19433 (found inside)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19434, described as Whalebone foreshaft, bone point with 3 unilateral barbs. Red-painted wood shaft. Cf. 2-19433 (found inside)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19434, described as Whalebone foreshaft, bone point with 3 unilateral barbs. Red-painted wood shaft. Cf. 2-19433 (found inside)

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