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Object Number
36-73-10/6181
Display Title
Harpoon with walrus tusk point
Descriptions
Object Description
Harpoon with walrus tusk point, with walrus penis bone on tip of shaft
Inventory Description
Harpoon, blunt bone end, barbed point attached to shaft with leather
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Dimensions
Overall: 129.5 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm (51 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-73-10/6181
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
Raymond Emerson
(06/26/1936 or 04/14/1937)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 65-7-10/44043 | Carving - whale; made of walrus penis |
Figurine
|
Repulse Bay
| |
| 36-73-10/6180 | Harpoon dart; used w/ throwing stick. One end feathered, the other w/ foreshaft. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
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Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 03-1-10/62762 | Club |
Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/2002 | Model of kayak carved in walrus tusk |
Carving
|
Alaska
| |
| 97-17-10/51090 | Seal and walrus harpoon and line |
Harpoon
|
Labrador
| |
| 88-51-10/50386 | Whale or walrus harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Northwest Territories
| |
| 88-51-10/50387 | Tokong eskimo whale or walrus harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Northwest Territories
| |
| 44-37-10/27466 | Wooden harpoon with walrus ivory socket and foreshaft |
Harpoon
|
Labrador
| |
| 97-17-10/51188 | Seal and walrus harpoon and line |
Harpoon
|
Okak
| |
| 72-20-60/7103 | Spear head, made of tusk of walrus, with stone point |
Harpoon
Raw Material |
Siberia
|