Harpoon

Museum number:
2-1773
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Ivory tipped, large walrus harpoon, 6 feet long
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Walrus harpoon.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
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 Harpoon, accession number 2-1773, described as Ivory tipped, large walrus harpoon, 6 feet longDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-1773, described as Ivory tipped, large walrus harpoon, 6 feet longDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-1773, described as Ivory tipped, large walrus harpoon, 6 feet long

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