Foreshaft

Museum number:
2-4346
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-492 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Stone point, black and red pigment on handle. Hand spear.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Foreshafts (arrow components)
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For large seal and beluga spear.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 32.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #344.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 2-4346, described as Stone point, black and red pigment on handle. Hand spear.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 2-4346, described as Stone point, black and red pigment on handle. Hand spear.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 2-4346, described as Stone point, black and red pigment on handle. Hand spear.

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