Spear head
Category
Ethnographic material
Date
1902
Materials
Steel, Wood
Measurements
410 mm (Length)40 mm (W)
Place of origin
British Columbia
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1304007
Summary
A spear head or harpoon for river fishing, with split bamboo handle bound and holding a steel barbed fish hook. Collected British Columbia 1902. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton in British Columbia, 1902
Marks and inscriptions
Associated label. Spear head for river fishing Chilcotin Indians. British Columbia.