Point

Museum number:
1-1691
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.17 and Acc.86
Object count:
1
Description:
Harpoon point, made of iron. Lashed to bone barbs (2) and rawhide thong. Thong attached braided cordage wrapped in red cloth (rawhide thong broken near point).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Projectile points
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Context of use:
Spearing salmon.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 14.9 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-1691, described as Harpoon point, made of iron. Lashed to bone barbs (2) and rawhide thong. Thong attached braided cordage wrapped in red cloth (rawhide thong broken near point).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-1691, described as Harpoon point, made of iron. Lashed to bone barbs (2) and rawhide thong. Thong attached braided cordage wrapped in red cloth (rawhide thong broken near point).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Point, accession number 1-1691, described as Harpoon point, made of iron. Lashed to bone barbs (2) and rawhide thong. Thong attached braided cordage wrapped in red cloth (rawhide thong broken near point).

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