Toggle Harpoon Line Item Number: E420046-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
THICK SPRUCE ROOT CORE WRAPPED WITH 2 OR 3-PLY SPRUCE ROOT CORD TERMINATING IN A BONE TOGGLE. HARPOON HEAD IS MISSING.Letter from donor dated May 3, 1978, filed in accession file, indicates that this object was acquired from the Eskridge family in Olympia, WA, who are descended from Governor [Isaac Ingalls] Stevens. This object was said to formerly have been part of the personal collection of James Gilchrist Swan.
Item History
- Made in USA
- Collected by James G. Swan, Eskridge family and Dr. Franz Stenzel in USA
- Received on January 16, 1980
What
- Name
- Toggle Harpoon Line
- Identification Number
- E420046-0
- Type of Item
- harpoon line and toggle
Who
- Culture
- Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth)
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan, Eskridge family and Dr. Franz Stenzel
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- USA
- Collected in
- USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on January 16, 1980
Other
- Accession Number
- 339399