Spear

Museum number:
2-15632
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Alternate number:
136 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.708
Description:
Three barbed points on wooden shaft attached with sinew, plus terminal point barbed on both edges.
Donor:
W. Barclay Stephens
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Carleton H. Clark
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spears (weapons)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1936
Context of use:
Used with atlatl.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.58 meters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-15632, described as Three barbed points on wooden shaft attached with sinew, plus terminal point barbed on both edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-15632, described as Three barbed points on wooden shaft attached with sinew, plus terminal point barbed on both edges.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-15632, described as Three barbed points on wooden shaft attached with sinew, plus terminal point barbed on both edges.

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