Agluna

Harpoon Line

17779

From: Greenland | Inglefield Gulf

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Agluna
Object Number 17779
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Greenland | Inglefield Gulf
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Description

Used as a harpoon line, chewed by a man (generally women, to soften, greased with seal grease).

Credit Line Gift of Dr. H. Emerson Wetherill, 1894

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