Harpoon

Museum number:
2-6313
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2506 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides attached to leather thong, itself attached 83 cm down shaft; antler finger rest 46 cm from tip of shaft; socket made of antler all tied together to shaft with sinew windings and retaining thongs; shaft, tapered at lower end to act as a brake.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Norton Sound to Bristol Bay, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Sea; Norton Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material), Leather, Paint (coating) (red), Sinew (material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to hunt sea mammals
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
point— height 0.7 centimeters, whole— length 154 centimeters, point— length 9.5 centimeters, whole— diameter 3 centimeters, and point— width 1.5 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC41-04; ACC41-05 p. 107 Graburn
Loans:
S1965-1966 #20: National Park Service/Geoffrey C. Brown (September 23, 1965–October 23, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6313, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides attached to leather thong, itself attached 83 cm down shaft; antler finger rest 46 cm from tip of shaft; socket made of antler all tied together to shaft with sinew windings and retaining thongs; shaft, tapered at lower end to act as a brake.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6313, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides attached to leather thong, itself attached 83 cm down shaft; antler finger rest 46 cm from tip of shaft; socket made of antler all tied together to shaft with sinew windings and retaining thongs; shaft, tapered at lower end to act as a brake.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6313, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides attached to leather thong, itself attached 83 cm down shaft; antler finger rest 46 cm from tip of shaft; socket made of antler all tied together to shaft with sinew windings and retaining thongs; shaft, tapered at lower end to act as a brake.

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