Fish spear with bob
Artist
KINEEGAN
MediumWood, bone, gut
ClassificationsWeapons and Ammunition
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1930.8.12
DescriptionBob is held in the left hand and used to attract the fish. Spear-thin wooden shaft with 3 barbed ivory points inset in splits in the wood and bound with rawhide. 2 points barbed on one side, one point barbed on both sides. Bob-long, triangular shaped piece of wood, shaped, gut line wound on tapered end.On View
Not on viewCollections
late 19th century
Inuit/Yupik
Diné (Navajo), attributed to
Diné (Navajo)