Harpoon-Point
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Feb 1895
label: Collection Date
content: 1894 to 1895
name: label: Collector
content: William J. McGee
label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "174481--PERFORATOR--CONSISTING OF A SQUARE IRON SPIKE 3/16" WIDE, AND ABOUT 5" LONG, FITTED INTO A WOODEN HANDLE 3 1/2" LONG, 3/4" IN DIAMETER. THE HANDLE IS TIGHTLY WOUND WITH A SMALL TWO-PLY MAGUEY-FIBER CORD FROM THE POINT AT WHICH THE SPIKE ENTERS IT FOR A DISTANCE OF 2 3/4". THIS WINDING IS OVER AND HOLDS IN PLACE A LOOP OF HEAVIER CORD SOME 6" IN LENGTH. THE UPPER END OF THE HANDLE HAS A NOTCH CUT AROUND IT 3/4" FROM THE END, AND THE END ITSELF HAS BEEN ROUNDED. THE IMPLEMENT IS ACCULTURAL, THE SERI USING NO IRON ... [TRADITIONALLY], AND BUT LITTLE IN THEIR PRESENT STATE. IT WAS NOT SEEN IN USE. FROM CARD: 174482A. COLLECTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY. HARPOON POINT.--SINGLE BARB POINT ABOUT 3 1/4 INCHES LONG FASTENED INTO A HANDLE OF WOOD 2 1/2 INCHES LONG. THE HANDLE HAS BEEN SPLIT LONGITUDINALLY, EITHER BY INTENTION OR ACCIDENT, AND CEMENTED AROUND THE IRON SHAFT OF THE BARB POINT WITH MESQUITE GUM. A NOTCH HAS BEEN CUT 1/2 INCH FROM THE UPPER END AND THE END ITSELF IS ROUNDED, APPARENTLY FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF A SMALL LINE. THE THROWING, OR MAIN SHAFT, OF HARPOON DID NOT ACCOMPANY THE SPECIMEN. SERI INDIANS, TIBURON ISLAND, SONORA, MEXICO. 174,482. CONT. SEE CARD.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Mar 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sonora, Mexico, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Seri (Comcaac)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 029025
label: USNM Number
content: E174482-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon