Harpoon
58-12-6
From: Alaska (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 58-12-6 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Eskimo (uncertain) |
Provenience | Alaska (uncertain) |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Wood | Bone | Baleen | Sealskin | Ivory |
Description | Without head or line. Wooden shaft; bone socket with baleen as well as seal-skin lashing; Walrus ivory foreshaft; Ivory (?) icepick lashed with seal thong to butt. |
Length | 198.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 3.1 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Thomas Evans, 1958 |
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