Spear

Museum number:
2-64963
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Alternate number:
797/7.41 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3590
Description:
Wood and bone. Carved bone point with three barbs wrapped with cord of braided string at several places. Faded red paint on point. "Esquimo Fishing Spear" printed at base of shaft.
Donor:
Mrs. Victor Vogel
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Mrs. Victor Vogel
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 118 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-64963, described as Wood and bone. Carved bone point with three barbs wrapped with cord of braided string at several places. Faded red paint on point. "Esquimo Fishing Spear" printed at base of shaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-64963, described as Wood and bone. Carved bone point with three barbs wrapped with cord of braided string at several places. Faded red paint on point. "Esquimo Fishing Spear" printed at base of shaft.

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