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Spear and Case

Date1895-1901

Mediummetal, cedar, commercial rope

DimensionsOther: 2.5 × 23.5 cm (1 × 9 1/4 in.)
Other: 188.9 cm (74 3/8 in.)
Other: 3 × 22 cm (1 3/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

ClassificationsTools

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-364 (a,b)

Object numberHRC 00364

Descriptionspear (a) and case (b): spear of single piece of metal, old file. male, with 3 sets of bilateral symmetric points. point slightly curved. both faces incised with central line and lines to inner edge of each barb. distal end has rounded rectangular hole for lanyard. double lanyard of twisted gut is bound at each end with commercial rope. case, of two pieces of cedar, is bound with nettle rope at distal end., nailed with iron nail at proximal. for seal and sea otter.
collected in Massett

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