Spear
59-18-1
From: Chile
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 59-18-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Alacaluf |
| Provenience | Chile |
| Culture Area | South Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Whale Bone (uncertain) | Cypress | Cotton |
| Description | Side-barbed point of whalebone (?), shaft of cypress. Bound together with commerical cotton cord (Staff made by Dr. Coon; a double split 1/3 of way up from base.) Said by Coon to be used on land to kill sea otter, nutria and deer. |
| Length | 121 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Carleton S. Coon, 1959 |
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