Whale Harpoon Point | Line (Hunting Equipment) | Basketry Harpoon Sheath Item Number: 4624 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The bone is sea mammal. The twine is cotton. The rope is hemp.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. S.W. Hartt
What
- Name
- Whale Harpoon Point | Line (Hunting Equipment) | Basketry Harpoon Sheath
- Identification Number
- 4624
- Type of Item
- whale harpoon point, line and basketry harpoon sheath
- Material
- metal, bone, sea mammal, pitch, twine, cotton, rope, hemp, sinew and cedar bark
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, braided, glued, lashed and twined
- Overall
- length 120.0 cm, height 5.0 cm, width 14.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Received from
- Mrs. S.W. Hartt
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. S. W. Hartt
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection