Accession No
Z 46503
Description
A double fish spear of ivory, lashed to an incomplete wooden handle with fibre. The barbed spears are both long and cylindrical, they have rounded ends with midribs and four barbs each along the inner side. They have wedge-shaped ends and are lashed to an incomplete wooden handle or piece of wood ysing plaited fibre, possibly baleen, and a thin metal coil.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada
Period
Inuit
Source
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 46503
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ivory; Wood; Fibre; ?Baleen; ?Metal
Local Term
Measurements
320mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Accession Register: 'Pair of leister points, shaft broken.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A double fish spear, the barbed spears being lashed onto a piece of wood with plaited string of some sort.
Event Date 2/2/2001
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Description (Physical description)
A double fish spear of ivory, lashed to an incomplete wooden handle with fibre. The barbed spears are both long and cylindrical, they have rounded ends with midribs and four barbs each along the inner side. They have wedge-shaped ends and are lashed to an incomplete wooden handle or piece of wood ysing plaited fibre, possibly baleen, and a thin metal coil.
Event Date 23/10/2024
Author: Clare McKenna
FM:26771
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