E0800: Wooden Spear

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0800

Classification Category:

4:Tools & Equipment for Materials ➞ Fishing & Trapping Implements

Materials:

botanical ➔ wood

Dimensions:

49 cm L
2 cm W

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Description:

Wooden spear with points and one end is barbed. There is a design carved in the middle of the wood.

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