Harpoon

Museum number:
2-6291
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006291
Alternate number:
x-2484 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
With bladder. bone point, barbed on both sides, attached to a leather thong tied to shaft at socket binding; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 69 cm down to shaft; lashed with rawhide thong to the shaft; float has ivory mouthpiece. Used for hunting sea mammals. Native names: narullkautaq, aklegaq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bone (material), Ivory (material), Leather, and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For seal and beluga.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
socket— diameter 3 centimeters, shaft and socket— length 134 centimeters, point— length 9 centimeters, socket— length 12 centimeters, point— width 1.4 centimeters, and point— height 0.7 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC41-05; ACC41-04 p. 91 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6291, described as With bladder. bone point, barbed on both sides, attached to a leather thong tied to shaft at socket binding; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 69 cm down to shaft; lashed with rawhide thong to the shaft; float has ivory mouthpiece. Used for hunting sea mammals. Native names: narullkautaq, aklegaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6291, described as With bladder. bone point, barbed on both sides, attached to a leather thong tied to shaft at socket binding; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 69 cm down to shaft; lashed with rawhide thong to the shaft; float has ivory mouthpiece. Used for hunting sea mammals. Native names: narullkautaq, aklegaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6291, described as With bladder. bone point, barbed on both sides, attached to a leather thong tied to shaft at socket binding; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 69 cm down to shaft; lashed with rawhide thong to the shaft; float has ivory mouthpiece. Used for hunting sea mammals. Native names: narullkautaq, aklegaq.

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