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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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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 93-14-10/50442 | Harpoon point and line |
Harpoon
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Greenland
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| 94-57-10/R20 | Harpoon head, ivory, greenstone. Incised grooves above and below line hole. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 97-17-10/51089 | Seal-skin line for harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Labrador
| |
| 53-36-60/10139 | Harpoon line of seal or walrus strips - has walrus ivory head with steel blade |
Harpoon
|
Siberia
| |
| 01-16-10/57024 | Harpoon head and line |
Harpoon
|
Nova Scotia
| |
| 02-22-10/62146.1 | Harpoon, coiled line & point, barbed metal point attached to leather line |
Harpoon
|
Labrador
| |
| 17-20-10/87225 | Harpoon point and line |
Harpoon
|
Canada
| |
| 03-1-10/62770 | Toggle head for harpoon |
Harpoon
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 980-1-10/58245 | Harpoon (?) point. Metal blade, wood shaft with 3 incised lines & ivory fin. |
Harpoon
|
Canada
Alaska? | |
| 17-20-10/87240 | Harpoon toggle head |
Harpoon
|
Canada
| |
| 08-4-10/72943 | Toggle heads and forelines for whale harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Washington
| |
| 79-81-10/20108 | Harpoon |
Harpoon
|
North America
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