Harpoon

Museum number:
2-5837
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005837
Alternate number:
x-927 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Object count:
1
Description:
Feathered harpoon; small bone (baculum) point barbed on both sides; attached to Y-shaped leather thong; socket made of antler (caribou) which is too light for the purpose, inspite of a piece of iron (a screw, 4 cm L.) inserted on its side. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea and North, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Antler (material), Cotton (textile) (string), Feather (material) (black), Fiber (vegetable string), Iron (metal), and Leather
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf.2-5829
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Neg. number: ACC41-29; ACC42-30 p. 105 Graburn
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5837, described as Feathered harpoon; small bone (baculum) point barbed on both sides; attached to Y-shaped leather thong; socket made of antler (caribou) which is too light for the purpose, inspite of a piece of iron (a screw, 4 cm L.) inserted on its side. Native name: nagiiquyaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5837, described as Feathered harpoon; small bone (baculum) point barbed on both sides; attached to Y-shaped leather thong; socket made of antler (caribou) which is too light for the purpose, inspite of a piece of iron (a screw, 4 cm L.) inserted on its side. Native name: nagiiquyaq.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5837, described as Feathered harpoon; small bone (baculum) point barbed on both sides; attached to Y-shaped leather thong; socket made of antler (caribou) which is too light for the purpose, inspite of a piece of iron (a screw, 4 cm L.) inserted on its side. Native name: nagiiquyaq.

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