Spear

Museum number:
2-16691
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020016691
Accession number:
Acc.770
Description:
Section of thrusting-spear. Slate point, antler foreshaft.
Donor:
Margaret Lantis
Collection place:
Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Nunivak Island; Mekoryuk
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Margaret Lantis
Collection date:
1940
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Accession date:
1940
Context of use:
When in use this section is inserted in heavy wooden shaft. For sea mammals.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-16691, described as Section of thrusting-spear. Slate point, antler foreshaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-16691, described as Section of thrusting-spear. Slate point, antler foreshaft.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-16691, described as Section of thrusting-spear. Slate point, antler foreshaft.

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