Harpoon and sheath

Museum number:
2-19218a,b
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
(a) Brass harpoon head set in ivory (harpoon toggle head). (b) Wooden sheath.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
R. A. Marr
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 8 centimeters and (b)— length 10 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon and sheath, accession number 2-19218a,b, described as (a) Brass harpoon head set in ivory (harpoon toggle head). (b) Wooden sheath.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon and sheath, accession number 2-19218a,b, described as (a) Brass harpoon head set in ivory (harpoon toggle head). (b) Wooden sheath.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon and sheath, accession number 2-19218a,b, described as (a) Brass harpoon head set in ivory (harpoon toggle head). (b) Wooden sheath.

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