Point

Museum number:
1-2290
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21010002290
Alternate number:
874 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.70 and Acc.86
Description:
Harpoon point. Made of iron, flat, triangular. Lashed to flat section of antler with single barb; strip of skin with fur on, looped over antler, held in place by tab on antler.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Klamath River, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Klamath River; Lower Klamath River
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alexander Brizard and Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1903 and February 10, 1903
Context of use:
For spearing sea lions.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 18.3 centimeters
Comment:
References: "AR 3: Fig. 21 (NNIa) p. 237
Loans:
S1980-1981 #52: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (February 11, 1981–February 13, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Point, accession number 1-2290, described as Harpoon point. Made of iron, flat, triangular. Lashed to flat section of antler with single barb; strip of skin with fur on, looped over antler, held in place by tab on antler.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Point, accession number 1-2290, described as Harpoon point. Made of iron, flat, triangular. Lashed to flat section of antler with single barb; strip of skin with fur on, looped over antler, held in place by tab on antler.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-2290, described as Harpoon point. Made of iron, flat, triangular. Lashed to flat section of antler with single barb; strip of skin with fur on, looped over antler, held in place by tab on antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-2290, described as Harpoon point. Made of iron, flat, triangular. Lashed to flat section of antler with single barb; strip of skin with fur on, looped over antler, held in place by tab on antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-2290, described as Harpoon point. Made of iron, flat, triangular. Lashed to flat section of antler with single barb; strip of skin with fur on, looped over antler, held in place by tab on antler.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-2290, described as Harpoon point. Made of iron, flat, triangular. Lashed to flat section of antler with single barb; strip of skin with fur on, looped over antler, held in place by tab on antler.

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