Projectile point

Museum number:
2-6706
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-2899 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Bone, single barb. Antler, carved; with a barb on one side and two very sharp edges; triangular section; short notch at base, probably owner's mark; conical tang with two small projections to improve the attachment with shaft. Used for hunting large land animals. Native name: cingileq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
NW Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
hunt large land mammals
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18 centimeters, width 1.5 centimeters, and height 0.9 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC30-12 p. 89 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6706, described as Bone, single barb. Antler, carved; with a barb on one side and two very sharp edges; triangular section; short notch at base, probably owner's mark; conical tang with two small projections to improve the attachment with shaft. Used for hunting large land animals. Native name: cingileq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6706, described as Bone, single barb. Antler, carved; with a barb on one side and two very sharp edges; triangular section; short notch at base, probably owner's mark; conical tang with two small projections to improve the attachment with shaft. Used for hunting large land animals. Native name: cingileq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6706, described as Bone, single barb. Antler, carved; with a barb on one side and two very sharp edges; triangular section; short notch at base, probably owner's mark; conical tang with two small projections to improve the attachment with shaft. Used for hunting large land animals. Native name: cingileq.

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