Spear points
- Museum number:
- 1-223864
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21010223864
- Accession number:
- Acc.1511
- Description:
- Salmon spear points, metal; attached together with cordage. Metal points; cordage is three-ply strand.
- Donor:
- Salena H. Davidson
- Collection place:
- Bank of Mill Creek, Mill Creek, Tehama County
- Verbatim coll. place:
- California; Tehama; Bank of Mill Creek
- Culture or time period:
- Yana
- Collector:
- Forrest Heckle
- Collection date:
- ca. 1900
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- 1962
- Context of use:
- Attached to shaft for salmon spearing.
- Department:
- Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
- Dimensions:
- length 91 centimeters and length 9 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971) and S2005-2006 #5: California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (October 7, 2005–March 15, 2006)
- Legacy documentation:
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