Harpoon head and line

Museum number:
2-7122
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020007122
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Large coil rawhide thong (probably walrus hide) with harpoon toggle head attached at one end. Cord attacher at other end.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1898-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head and line, accession number 2-7122, described as Large coil rawhide thong (probably walrus hide) with harpoon toggle head attached at one end. Cord attacher at other end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head and line, accession number 2-7122, described as Large coil rawhide thong (probably walrus hide) with harpoon toggle head attached at one end. Cord attacher at other end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head and line, accession number 2-7122, described as Large coil rawhide thong (probably walrus hide) with harpoon toggle head attached at one end. Cord attacher at other end.

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