Harpoon shaft

Museum number:
2-19370
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019370
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Wooden, painted purplish red, remnants of fine sinew line attached near middle. All points missing.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Iliuliuk, Unalaska Island, Fox Islands
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Iliu Luik
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1867
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1945
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 101 centimeters
Comment:
Similar to 2-19369.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon shaft, accession number 2-19370, described as Wooden, painted purplish red, remnants of fine sinew line attached near middle. All points missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon shaft, accession number 2-19370, described as Wooden, painted purplish red, remnants of fine sinew line attached near middle. All points missing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon shaft, accession number 2-19370, described as Wooden, painted purplish red, remnants of fine sinew line attached near middle. All points missing.

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