Fish Spear
| Object Number: | NA1251 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chilkat Tlingit |
| Provenience: | Alaska Klukwan |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Wood Hide |
| Length: | 94 cm |
| Width: | 3.4 cm |
| Credit Line: | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905 |
Description
Wooden shaft for a fish spear. A slot is present at one end with hide lashings wrapped around the opening. Lashings are also wrapped around the spear shaft close to the same end and likely would have held two smaller shafts with barbed ends.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Alaskan Northwest Coast Collection ( Feb 1926) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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