Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William E. Hawks (1864-1929, a Bennington, Vermont, native who ranched in Idaho in the 1880s and later collected cowboy songs and historical data); purchased by MAI from William E. Hawks in 1917.
- Contact Us
- Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Previous owner
- William E. Hawks (William E. Hawks, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1864-1929
- Seller
- William E. Hawks (William E. Hawks, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1864-1929
- Object Name
- Spear
- Media/Materials
- Ivory, feather/feathers
- Techniques
- Barbed
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
