Harpoon

Museum number:
2-3041
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003041
Accession number:
Acc.106
Description:
Harpoon point and line. Bone point has 2 barbs on one side, 1 barb on other side, rawhide leader. Plaited sinew line with inserted hair, remnants red wool.
Donor:
Ernest Moses
Collection place:
Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo and Koniag
Collector:
Ernest Moses
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-3041, described as Harpoon point and line. Bone point has 2 barbs on one side, 1 barb on other side, rawhide leader. Plaited sinew line with inserted hair, remnants red wool.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-3041, described as Harpoon point and line. Bone point has 2 barbs on one side, 1 barb on other side, rawhide leader. Plaited sinew line with inserted hair, remnants red wool.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-3041, described as Harpoon point and line. Bone point has 2 barbs on one side, 1 barb on other side, rawhide leader. Plaited sinew line with inserted hair, remnants red wool.

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