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Object Number
36-73-10/6180
Display Title
Harpoon dart; used w/ throwing stick. One end feathered, the other w/ foreshaft.
Descriptions
Object Description
Harpoon dart: used with a throwing stick--one end is feathered, other end with walrus ivory foreshafts.
Inventory Description
Harpoon, incomplete, barbed point attached to shaft with rope, feather ends
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Dimensions
Overall: 117.2 x 4.2 x 1.7 cm (46 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-73-10/6180
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
Raymond Emerson
(06/26/1936 or 04/14/1937)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36-73-10/6179 | Harpoon dart; used w/ throwing stick. One end feathered, the other w/ foreshaft. |
Raw Material
Harpoon |
Alaska
| |
| 23-21-10/97986.3 | Lance, dart-harpoon for throwing stick, harpoon and floats |
Harpoon
|
Qaarsut
| |
| 31-32-10/K112 | Seal dart. Used with throwing stick. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 23-21-10/97986.4 | Lance, dart-harpoon for throwing stick, harpoon and floats |
Harpoon
|
Greenland
| |
| 88-51-10/50106 | Feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 04-28-10/63521 | Double feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Bethel Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50109 | Feathered seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 36-73-10/6181 | Harpoon with walrus tusk point |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 31-32-10/K108 | Atlatl dart harpoons |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 23-21-10/97986 | Lance, dart-harpoon for throwing stick, harpoon and floats |
Spear
|
Greenland
| |
| 88-51-10/50120 | Seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50370.1 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
North Slope Burough
|