Salmon spear points, metal; attached together with cordage. Metal points; cordage is three-ply strand.
Donor:
Salena H. Davidson
Collection place:
Bank of Mill Creek, Mill Creek, Tehama County
Verbatim coll. place:
California; Tehama; Bank of Mill Creek
Culture or time period:
Yana
Collector:
Forrest Heckle
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Spearheads (projectile points) and Spearheads (staff weapon components)
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1962
Context of use:
Attached to shaft for salmon spearing.
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
length 9 centimeters and length 91 centimeters
Loans:
S1970-1971 #25: Oakland Museum of California (September 25, 1970–April 9, 1971) and S2005-2006 #5: California Indian Museum and Cultural Center (October 7, 2005–March 15, 2006)