Harpoon

Museum number:

2-19342

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Accession number:

Acc.854

Object count:

1

Description:

Ivory foreshaft, point barbed on two sides. NOTE: in 1972 foreshaft only (bone , not ivory, with fine sinew cordage) found, rest of specimen not located.

Donor:

Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson

Collection place:

Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak Island

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

George Davidson

Collection date:

unknown

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Harpoons

Function:

1.1 Hunting and Fishing

Accession date:

1945

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

length 23.4 centimeters

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