Spear

Museum number:
2-6288a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026288a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-2481 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wood and matal, poisoned copper point on bone shaft.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak Island
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Seal spear
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 35.5 centimeters and length 1.14 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21003 a, b. Remarks: See: Notes on Koniag Material Culture, R.F. Heizer; Anthro Papers; U. of Alaska, Vol. I, no. 1. pp.11-24.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-6288a,b, described as Wood and matal, poisoned copper point on bone shaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-6288a,b, described as Wood and matal, poisoned copper point on bone shaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-6288a,b, described as Wood and matal, poisoned copper point on bone shaft.

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