Harpoon Head

56-28-1185

From: United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 56-28-1185
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Nukleet
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Norton Sound | Cape Denbigh | Iyatayet
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus IYH 3 floor
Section American
Materials Bone | Antler
Description

Open socket with lashing slots, end blade slit parallel with line hole, head thins towards edges. Design of lines forming Y pattern, hatched area above line hole on one face. This a Punuk-related type.

Length 7 cm
Width 1.4 cm
Thickness 0.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. Louis Giddings, 1956
Other Number IYH - Field No SF

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