Harpoon

Museum number:
2-13616
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.648
Description:
Fletched, red painted wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft( damaged at base), bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Plaited sinew line.
Donor:
R. L. Davidson
Collection place:
Nome, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Nome
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
R. L. Davidson
Collection date:
1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons and Plaited weaving
Accession date:
1930
Context of use:
For hunting sea otters.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 84.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-13616, described as Fletched, red painted wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft( damaged at base), bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Plaited sinew line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-13616, described as Fletched, red painted wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft( damaged at base), bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Plaited sinew line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-13616, described as Fletched, red painted wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft( damaged at base), bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Plaited sinew line.

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