Harpoon-Head Item Number: E127172-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
U.S. National Museum Memo of Sept. 29, 1886 in accession file describes this object as "Harpoon head of native hammered copper and whalebone seized together with rawhide and cord", collected by the donor from the "Takoo Indians, Takoo River and Stephens Passage, S.E. Alaska."
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Edwin B. Webster in Alaska, USA
- Received from U. S. Department of the Navy on September 28, 1886
What
- Name
- Harpoon-Head
- Identification Number
- E127172-0
- Type of Item
- harpoon
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Taku
- Field Collector
- Edwin B. Webster
- Received from
- U. S. Department of the Navy
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on September 28, 1886
Other
- Accession Number
- 018028