Harpoon Socket
50-51-5
From: United States of America | Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 50-51-5 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bone |
| Technique | Carved |
| Iconography | Walrus |
| Description | Bone. Relatively cylindrical. One end flat with notch for foreshaft. Other end has a long, tapering butt for attachment to shaft. Hole towards butt end. Walrus effigy carved on one side of socket, notch and arrowhead-shaped groove on other side. |
| Length | 18.5 cm |
| Width | 5 cm |
| Credit Line | Bering Strait Expedition, F. G. Rainey, 1950 |
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