Harpoon

Museum number:

2-6292

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Alternate number:

x-2485 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Description:

Beluga whale harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides, attached to leather thong, tied to shaft at socket binding; antler finger rest, shaped like killer whale fin, lashed 66 cm down shaft; bone socket is set on top of shaft, not wedged in as is usual; shaft is flat. Native name: nagiiquyaq,

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska; St. Michael; Norton Sound

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

unknown

Materials:

Antler, Antler (material), Bone, and Bone (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Harpoons

Function:

1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

For beluga.

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

socket— length 18 centimeters, whole— length 119 centimeters, socket— diameter 2.5 centimeters, point— height 0.8 centimeters, point— length 10 centimeters, shaft at finger rest— width 2 centimeters, shaft at finger rest— length 2.7 centimeters, and point— width 1.5 centimeters

Comment:

Neg. number: ACC41-04; ACC41-05 p. 105 Graburn

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