Spear foreshaft

Culture/People
Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) [St. Lawrence Island]
Collector
Arnold Liebes (Arnold Lloyd Liebes), Non-Indian, 1889-1957
Seller
Arnold Liebes (Arnold Lloyd Liebes), Non-Indian, 1889-1957
Collection History
Collected in 1923 by Arnold Liebes (1889-1957, a San Francisco furrier who did business in Alaska); purchased by MAI from Arnold Liebes in 1923.
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Place
Saint Lawrence Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
Archipelago
Bering Sea Islands
Island Name
Saint Lawrence Island
See related items
Siberian Yupik [St. Lawrence Island]
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
12/4014
Barcode
124014.000
Object Type
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Object Name
Spear foreshaft
Media/Materials
Animal Bone
Techniques
Carved
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws686f7a6e7-5f6f-42d7-86a3-c87378c1d31b
Record ID
NMAI_133525