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Harpoon head and line
Object Number 93-14-10/49703
Display Title Harpoon head and line
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Tuukkaq alerlu
Object Description Harpoon head and line
Inventory Description Harpoon line/point, metal point hafted to ivory head attached to coiled rawhid
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Arctic highlands
Materials Rawhide, Sealskin?, Ivory, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 34.4 x 35 x 6 cm (13 9/16 x 13 3/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49703
Provenance
Provenance Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1892)

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