Arrow foreshaft
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Tikiġaq/Point Hope]
- Collector
- John Hachmann (Johannes Hachmann/John Hackmann/John Hackman), Non-Indian, 1857-1930
- Seller
- John Hachmann (Johannes Hachmann/John Hackmann/John Hackman), Non-Indian, 1857-1930
- Collection History
- Collected by John Hachmann (Johannes Hachmann/John Hackman, 1857-1930, who had a whaling station at Point Hope between 1889 and 1905); purchased by George Heye from John Hachmann in 1906.
- Contact Us
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- Catalog Number
- 8327
- Barcode
- 008327.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Arrow foreshaft
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone, stone, hide
- Techniques
- Carved
- Place
- Point Hope; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Iñupiaq [Tikiġaq/Point Hope]
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_8763
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6d3d49daf-c069-40c8-a321-7bb141ea5964
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