Fish Spear Item Number: E18933-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1888; PL. 29, FIG. 138; P. 286."This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.Note that 18933 is mentioned as being used in an exhibit in Berlin in 1880 on p. 60 of USNM Bulletin No. 18.Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=519 , retrieved 12-30-2011: Fish spear head This head for a fishing spear has three prongs tipped with metal points. It may have been used for spearing salmon in shallow streams or for taking trout through holes in the ice of frozen lakes.
Item History
- Made in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1875
What
- Name
- Fish Spear
- Identification Number
- E18933-0
- Type of Item
- fish spear
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1875
Other
- Accession Number
- 004126