Spear model

Museum number:
2-71514c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm2102071514c
Alternate number:
99 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
Killing spear, wood, sinew, ivory or bone, length 22.7 cm. Context: See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 74, for additional information.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Kangiqsujuaq (Wakeham Bay), Arctic Quebec, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada, Arctic Quebec, Kangiqsualujjuak (Wakeham Bay) & Salluit (Sugluk), Inuit; Anautaq Kiatainaq (and Kiatainak)
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Collector:
Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection date:
1959
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear model, accession number 2-71514c, described as Killing spear, wood, sinew, ivory or bone, length 22.7 cm. Context: See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 74, for additional information.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear model, accession number 2-71514c, described as Killing spear, wood, sinew, ivory or bone, length 22.7 cm. Context: See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 74, for additional information.

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