Harpoon

Museum number:
2-6315
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2508 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
With bone finger rest, medium weight type; antler point, barbed on both sides, attached to a loose leather thong; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 59 cm down shaft; baculum socket & finger rest lashed with sinew to shaft; retaining line made of leather; shaft painted red, flattened at proximal end.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Norton Sound to Bristol Bay, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Sea; Norton Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material), Bone (material), Leather, Paint (coating) (red), Penis bone (baculum), and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For hunting seals from kayak.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
whole— length 167 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC43-28 p. 107 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6315, described as With bone finger rest, medium weight type; antler point, barbed on both sides, attached to a loose leather thong; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 59 cm down shaft; baculum socket & finger rest lashed with sinew to shaft; retaining line made of leather; shaft painted red, flattened at proximal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6315, described as With bone finger rest, medium weight type; antler point, barbed on both sides, attached to a loose leather thong; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 59 cm down shaft; baculum socket & finger rest lashed with sinew to shaft; retaining line made of leather; shaft painted red, flattened at proximal end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6315, described as With bone finger rest, medium weight type; antler point, barbed on both sides, attached to a loose leather thong; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 59 cm down shaft; baculum socket & finger rest lashed with sinew to shaft; retaining line made of leather; shaft painted red, flattened at proximal end.

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