Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye circa 1905 from M.C. Bruce (possibly Miner Bruce [1850-1919], an Alaskan fur trader and artifact dealer).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Iñupiaq (attributed)
- Previous owner
- M. C. Bruce, Non-Indian
- Seller
- M. C. Bruce, Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Spear
- Media/Materials
- Animal gut/intestines , wood, cordage
- Techniques
- Painted
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
