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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Alaska Native
Title:Fishing spear
Type:Fishing/Trapping/Hunting
Materials:Wood, sinew, ivory, and bone
Place Made:North America; United States; Alaska
Measurements:overall: 55 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 in; 141.605 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.54 cm
Accession Number:  MH SK K.128
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Alaskan fishing spear. Spear in dark wood with a bone point set into the wood and tied with rawhide. Three serated bone blades set around the handle about halfway down. Tied with heavy string.

Tags:
Native American; indigenous people

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