Point

Museum number:
1-9303
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
177 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.210
Description:
Harpoon point. Made of iron. Lashed to bone barbs (2) with fiber and mastic; point attached to rawhide strap with same fiber and mastic; cord, with looped end, attached to rawhide strip.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection place:
Martin's Ferry, Humboldt County, California
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Humboldt; Martin's Ferry
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1906
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1906
Context of use:
For spearing salmon.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 11.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-9303, described as Harpoon point. Made of iron. Lashed to bone barbs (2) with fiber and mastic; point attached to rawhide strap with same fiber and mastic; cord, with looped end, attached to rawhide strip.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-9303, described as Harpoon point. Made of iron. Lashed to bone barbs (2) with fiber and mastic; point attached to rawhide strap with same fiber and mastic; cord, with looped end, attached to rawhide strip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-9303, described as Harpoon point. Made of iron. Lashed to bone barbs (2) with fiber and mastic; point attached to rawhide strap with same fiber and mastic; cord, with looped end, attached to rawhide strip.

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