Wood shaft painted red at both ends, sawed in half and then rejoined. Bone foreshaft, barbed point, plaited sinew lashing with red and green wool thread. Float missing.
Donor:
Ernest Moses
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Ernest Moses
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons and Plaited weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Probably for walrus and/or whale. (According to Lydia Black, whaling harpoons had obsidian blades; walrus were taken on shore with lances and clubs, not with a harpoon with a drag float.)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 2.48 centimeters and length 20.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1982-1983 #9: California History Center, De Anza College (September 15, 1982–March 2, 1983)