Projectile point

Museum number:
2-7176
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Object count:
1
Description:
Antler. Pierced at base. Carved; fragment, triangular in section; at the edge of the break a diagonal cut has been made and a hole drilled to attach a new point to this tang; probably fishing spear prong. Probably used for summer fishing. Native name: cingileq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
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:
fishing spear?
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.5 centimeters, height 0.6 centimeters, and width 0.8 centimeters
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC29-33A p. 89 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-7176, described as Antler. Pierced at base. Carved; fragment, triangular in section; at the edge of the break a diagonal cut has been made and a hole drilled to attach a new point to this tang; probably fishing spear prong. Probably used for summer fishing. Native name: cingileq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-7176, described as Antler. Pierced at base. Carved; fragment, triangular in section; at the edge of the break a diagonal cut has been made and a hole drilled to attach a new point to this tang; probably fishing spear prong. Probably used for summer fishing. Native name: cingileq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-7176, described as Antler. Pierced at base. Carved; fragment, triangular in section; at the edge of the break a diagonal cut has been made and a hole drilled to attach a new point to this tang; probably fishing spear prong. Probably used for summer fishing. Native name: cingileq.

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