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Object Number
97-17-10/51090
Display Title
Seal and walrus harpoon and line
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Unak (harpoon)
Object Description
Seal and walrus harpoon (unak) and line. See conservation for additional description.
Inventory Description
Harpoon, complete with broken toggle line, pointed ivory tip
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Newfoundland and Labrador
/
Labrador
Additional Geographic Terms
Hebron
Dimensions
Overall: 184 x 5.4 x 4.5 cm (72 7/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
97-17-10/51090; unak; Illinuk
Credit Line
Museum Purchase, 1897
Provenance
Collector
Jewell D. Sornborger
(1897)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97-17-10/51188 | Seal and walrus harpoon and line |
Harpoon
|
Okak
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| 53-36-60/10139 | Harpoon line of seal or walrus strips - has walrus ivory head with steel blade |
Harpoon
|
Siberia
| |
| 23-21-10/97986.3 | Lance, dart-harpoon for throwing stick, harpoon and floats |
Harpoon
|
Qaarsut
| |
| 98-18-10/52142 | Toggle heads for walrus or seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 08-28-10/73721 | Walrus harpoon and line |
Harpoon
|
Canada
| |
| 36-73-10/6181 | Harpoon with walrus tusk point |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 18-8-10/87276 | Harpoon, complete with toggle head and line |
Harpoon
|
Canada
| |
| 31-32-10/K102 | Harpoon - walrus ivory mouth |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 48-6-10/29184 | Seal harpoon - wood and bone shaft; copper head and line of seal skin |
Harpoon
|
Northwest Territories
| |
| 87-25-10/43941 | Harpoon, walrus tusk tips |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50386 | Whale or walrus harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Northwest Territories
| |
| 01-16-10/57021 | Harpoon with line complete |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
|