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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