Harpoon

Museum number:
2-62079
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Accession number:
Acc.3458
Description:
Red-stained wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, walrus ivory double barbed point attached to sealskin thong. Sinew lines, projecting bone or ivory finger rest.
Donor:
Ralph E. Prince
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
For hunting walrus.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.9 centimeters and length 197.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-62079, described as Red-stained wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, walrus ivory double barbed point attached to sealskin thong. Sinew lines, projecting bone or ivory finger rest.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-62079, described as Red-stained wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, walrus ivory double barbed point attached to sealskin thong. Sinew lines, projecting bone or ivory finger rest.

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