Harpoon

Museum number:
2-5830
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005830
Alternate number:
x-920 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Feathered harpoon. Antler point bilaterally barbed; leather thong; antler finger rest; bone socket; feathered proximal end. Native name: nagiiquyaq. Used for summer sea hunting for seal, walrus, white whale. Used with a throwing board.
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), Feather (material), and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for summer sea hunting for seal, walrus, white whale. Used with a throwing board.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
socket— height 2.2 centimeters, point— length 6.5 centimeters, point— width 1.2 centimeters, socket— length 12 centimeters, point— height 0.5 centimeters, whole— length 129 centimeters, whole— weight 195 grams, and socket— width 2.6 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC41-31; ACC41-32 p. 104 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5830, described as Feathered harpoon. Antler point bilaterally barbed; leather thong; antler finger rest; bone socket; feathered proximal end. Native name: nagiiquyaq. Used for summer sea hunting for seal, walrus, white whale. Used with a throwing board.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5830, described as Feathered harpoon. Antler point bilaterally barbed; leather thong; antler finger rest; bone socket; feathered proximal end. Native name: nagiiquyaq. Used for summer sea hunting for seal, walrus, white whale. Used with a throwing board.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5830, described as Feathered harpoon. Antler point bilaterally barbed; leather thong; antler finger rest; bone socket; feathered proximal end. Native name: nagiiquyaq. Used for summer sea hunting for seal, walrus, white whale. Used with a throwing board.

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