Bone point

Museum number:
2-37856
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020037856
Accession number:
Acc.1681
Description:
Bone point; single barb; axis of barb incised; “nippled” on end for insertion into shaft; (same as 2-37853); 3½” length
Donor:
Lucy Bloomfield
Collection place:
Cape Nome, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Collector prospected in the Cape Nome area around 1910, objects presumed to be from this area.
Collector:
Harry W. Bloomfield
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bone point, accession number 2-37856, described as Bone point; single barb; axis of barb incised; “nippled” on end for insertion into shaft; (same as 2-37853); 3½” lengthDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bone point, accession number 2-37856, described as Bone point; single barb; axis of barb incised; “nippled” on end for insertion into shaft; (same as 2-37853); 3½” length

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