Arms collection, before 1913 · Alaska, Yupik · ID: 3050855
Family property, Eibau, Germany
German private collection (acquired from the family)
Description
10 pcs., wood, bone, fibre, feathers, fabric,
a) bow with string (“urluvret”), l: 146 cm
b) two arrows (“pitegcautet”) for hunting birds (“akulmiqurcetaaq”), l: 84 cm & 85 cm
c) three arrows for hunting seals (“kinguliraq”), l: 74,5 cm; 83 cm & 91 cm
d) one arrow shaft, l: 59 cm
e) one spear for bird hunting, l: 155 cm
f) two hunting harpoons (“asaaquq”), l: 126 cm (each)
One of the arrows for seal hunting is carved with the face of a predator. The depiction of a predator with teeth is intended to increase the hunter’s success when hunting smaller marine mammals in open water with towing and line equipment.
The object Arms collection, before 1913 with the object ID 3050855 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 44 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.
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Comparing literature
Varjola, Pirjo, The Etholén Collection, The ethnographic Alaskan collection of Adolf Etholén and his contemporaries in the National Museum of Finland, Helsinki 1990, p. 292 ff.