Fish Spear
35-22-19
From: United States of America | Alaska | Anvik | Lower Yukon River Valley
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 35-22-19 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Dene |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Anvik | Lower Yukon River Valley |
Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Bone | Spruce Root |
Description | For killing salmon in net before taking them into the canoe. Wooden handle, pointed bone blade lashed on with spruce root. Stab salmon in back of neck. |
Length | 40 cm |
Credit Line | Yukon Expedition, Frederica de Laguna, 1935 |
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