Spear

Museum number:
2-6298
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Alternate number:
x-2491 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Three barbed points on wooden shaft attached with sinew, plus terminal point.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material), Ivory (material), and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Bird spear.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.64 meters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-6298, described as Three barbed points on wooden shaft attached with sinew, plus terminal point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-6298, described as Three barbed points on wooden shaft attached with sinew, plus terminal point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-6298, described as Three barbed points on wooden shaft attached with sinew, plus terminal point.

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