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Spear and Case

Date1895-1901

Mediummetal, cedar, spruce root, copper

DimensionsOther (spear): 6 × 29.5 cm (2 3/8 × 11 5/8 in.)
Other (case): 5 × 27 cm (1 15/16 × 10 5/8 in.)

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Haida

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-373 (a,b)

Object numberHRC 00373

Descriptionb) case, of ccedar, made in two pieces and lashed toggether in two places with root lashings set in grooves. end is u shaped.
a- spear, an old file shaped with 6 pairs of barbs asymmetrically arranged. hole at one side of distal end has copper loop attached by copper rivet. some shreds of gut remain on this loop, to which lanyard would have been attached. for seal hunting.
collected in Massett

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