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Object Number
94-25-10/52382
Display Title
Toggle head, line, and float for seal harpoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Float, seal skin with flippers, ivory toggle with metal insert, leather rope lin
Classification
- Float
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Greenland, northern, Whale Sound
Materials
Sealskin, Leather, Metal, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 15 x 99 x 49 cm (5 7/8 x 39 x 19 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52382
Provenance
Provenance
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
(1892)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97-17-10/51091 | Seal-skin float for harpoon 97-17-10/51090 |
Float
|
Labrador
| |
| 69-30-10/1704 | Seal float |
Float
|
Alaska
| |
| 18-9-10/87304 | Whale float of seal skin |
Float
|
Washington
| |
| 94-25-10/52380 | Large seal float for harpoon line |
Float
|
Greenland
| |
| 69-30-10/1705 | Seal float |
Float
|
Alaska
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 13-9-10/85272 | Sealskin float |
Raw Material
Shaft, modified Float |
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R117 | Ivory and metal toggle. Carved in the shape of a seal. |
Tools
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 94-57-10/R119 | Ivory toggle. Rod carved to represent seal. |
Bag fastener
|
Point Barrow
| |
| 98-18-10/52142 | Toggle heads for walrus or seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 41-33-10/23478 | Seal harpoon head, foreshaft and toggle |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 17-17-10/87169 | Halibut float, hair-seal bladder inflated; prowhuns |
Float
|
Yilis?
| |
| 23-21-10/97986.1 | Lance, dart-harpoon for throwing stick, harpoon and floats |
Float
|
Greenland
|