Harpoon Head

NA9600A

From: Alaska | Nuwuk | Point Barrow Region

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number NA9600A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Nuwuk | Point Barrow Region
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone
Description

One of eight harpoon heads. Cleft for stone or metal point, hole perpendicular to plane of cutting.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Point Barrow Region; William Blair Van Valin, 1919

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