Seal Harpoon

29-47-94

From: United States of America | Northern Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-47-94
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Inuit
Provenience United States of America | Northern Alaska
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Bone | Iron
Description

Iron point to bone head; long bone foreshaft spliced near proximal end; wooden shaft with bone socket and bone blade; sinew lashings. Line of braided sinew. Point Barrow type.

Length 186.7 cm
Credit Line Received from various sources, pre-1929

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