Harpoon point and line

Museum number:
2-2805
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Harpoon line, walrus hide. Coiled bundle of rawhide thong with bone harpoon head with metal point attached to end of line.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon point and line, accession number 2-2805, described as Harpoon line, walrus hide. Coiled bundle of rawhide thong with bone harpoon head with metal point attached to end of line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon point and line, accession number 2-2805, described as Harpoon line, walrus hide. Coiled bundle of rawhide thong with bone harpoon head with metal point attached to end of line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon point and line, accession number 2-2805, described as Harpoon line, walrus hide. Coiled bundle of rawhide thong with bone harpoon head with metal point attached to end of line.

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