Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
9 Feb 1882
Notes:
FROM CARD: "FISH SPEARS (6).--HEAD A SOLID PIECE OF IVORY INTO WHICH A BARBED IVORY POINT IS INSERTED LOOSELY AND HELD IN PLACE BY A CORD WHICH IS WRAPPED ABOUT THE LONG WOODEN SHAFT. WHEN THE FISH IS STRUCK THE POINT IS DISPLACED FROM ITS SOCKET AND THE VICTIM IS ALLOWED TO PLAY BY MEANS OF THE UNTWISTING OF THE LINE FROM THE SHAFT. IN FOUR CASES TRIOS OF FEATHERS ARE LASHED WITH SINEW TO THE SHAFT; IN ANOTHER CASE A DOUBLE TRIO, AND IN STILL ANOTHER A SKIN FLOAT IS ATTACHED. AVERAGE LENGTH, 42 INCHES. ESKIMO OF ALASKA. 8,004, 36,148, 48,364, 7,998, 36,101, AND 16,316. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON, T. T. MINOR, AND W. H. DALL."
