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1954.9.75

Small harpoon line of sinew, with two bone barbs. The shell head appears to be missing. [ASh [OPS move] 20/6/2017]

1954.9.75

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Collection type
Object
Description
Small harpoon line of sinew, with two bone barbs. The shell head appears to be missing. [ASh [OPS move] 20/6/2017]
Cultural groups
Native American
Person
Field collector William Henry Blackmore
PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1931
Date collected
By 1931
Acquisition information
Donated: 1954
Materials and processes
Material Animal Sinew, Material Shell, Material Bone, Process Bound, Process Carved
Dimensions
Depth: max 45 mm, Length: max 173 mm, Width: max 85 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1954.9.75 Other numbers: Beasley no. LB.1.2.1931.
Research and responses

The Blackmore Museum was formed by William Blackmore (1827-1878), mainly through his own visits to the USA between 1863 and 1878. I have therefore added William Blackmore as possibly the field collector for this record.

See Taylor, C. 1987. William Blackmore: a 19th-century Englishman’s contribution to American Indian ethnology. In C.F. Feest (eds) Indians and Europe: an interdisciplinary collection of essays. Aachen: Rader Verlag, pp. 321-336. [Dan Hicks 28/08/2012]

Beasley numbers probably refer to the date on which Beasley acquired an object. [CW 20/7/2000]

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