Salmon spear points; double; attached together with twine. Steel points, 3 ply commercial string.
Donor:
Merle Apperson
Collection place:
Deer Creek, Tehama County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tehama; Deer Creek
Culture or time period:
Yana
Collector:
John Apperson and Merle Apperson
Collection date:
November 1908
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1914
Context of use:
Attached to shaft for salmon spearing.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Comment:
Continued from Provenience Commments: "This batch was purchased for the Museum by A.L. Kroeber from John Apperson of Vina, California who, with his son Merle, was a member of the raiding party." Photo: 15-5378. Published: "AAE XIII 2, pl. 9, fig. 2
Loans:
S1962-1963 #26: California State Indian Museum (November 15, 1962–October 7, 1964), S1969-1970 #64: California State University, Chico (December 31, 1969–August 31, 1970), and S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971)