Spear-thrower

Museum number:
2-19228
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019228
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Wooden. Spruce, 2 antler pegs.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Bristol Bay, Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bristol Bay
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Atlatls
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 47.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Otis Mason, Throwing Sticks in the Nat'l. Museum, Pl. xv.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-19228, described as Wooden. Spruce, 2 antler pegs.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-19228, described as Wooden. Spruce, 2 antler pegs.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-19228, described as Wooden. Spruce, 2 antler pegs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-19228, described as Wooden. Spruce, 2 antler pegs.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear-thrower, accession number 2-19228, described as Wooden. Spruce, 2 antler pegs.

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