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Object Number
11-37-10/82911
Display Title
Sea-otter spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon, blunt bone tip, red painted wood shaft, barbed point
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Aleutian Islands
/
Atka Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Aleutian Islands; Andreanof Islands
Materials
Wood, Bone, Copper, Sinew, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 132.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (52 3/16 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
11-37-10/82911
Provenance
Collector
Prof. T. A. Jaggar, Jr.
(01/01/1907)
Donor
Prof. T. A. Jaggar, Jr.
(01/01/1911)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-37-10/82912 | Sea-otter spear |
Harpoon
|
Atka Island
| |
| 01-13-10/56756 | Spears feathered with eagle feathers - used for sea otters |
Harpoon
|
Kodiak Island Borough
| |
| 01-13-10/56758 | Arrows for sea otter |
Harpoon
|
Kodiak Island Borough
| |
| 08-4-10/72933 | Sea otter arrow |
Arrow
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50470 | Sea otter arrow |
Arrow
|
Sitka
| |
| 69-30-10/1634 | Copper tip sea otter arrow |
Arrow
|
Yakutat Borough
| |
|
| 08-4-10/72934 | Sea otter arrow |
Arrow
|
Alaska
| |
|
| 08-4-10/72935 | Sea otter arrow |
Arrow
|
Alaska
| |
|
| 08-4-10/72936 | Sea otter arrow |
Arrow
|
Alaska
| |
|
| 08-4-10/72937 | Sea otter arrow |
Arrow
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1635 | Steel tip sea otter arrow |
Arrow
|
Yakutat Borough
| |
| 69-30-10/1633 | Copper tip sea otter arrow |
Arrow
|
Yakutat Borough
|