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Object Number
01-16-10/57020
Display Title
Harpoon line holder
Descriptions
Object Description
Spear and line rest
Inventory Description
Rack, wood oval frame withV handle and raised bridge, 4 ivory seal heads
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kotzebue Sound Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kotzebue Sound
Materials
Wood , Ivory , Baleen , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 91 x 42 x 15 cm (35 13/16 x 16 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
57020
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(Unknown)
Donor
David I. Bushnell, Jr.
(01/01/1901)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-10-10/64665 | Harpoon line holder for point of kayak |
Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
| 01-16-10/57021 | Harpoon with line complete |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 01-16-10/57019 | Boat hook and seal dart |
Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
| 99-12-10/53129 | Ivory harpoon rest, carved w/ polar(?) bears on bottom, mythical beasts on top. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-25-10/52381 | Toggle head and line for harpoon |
Fishing and trapping
|
Greenland
| |
| 2002.1.1933 | Coil of leather line (fishing or trapping line?) with ivory carving of sea lion |
Fishing and trapping
| ||
| 2002.1.1986 | Line, baleen strip, loop at 1 end |
Fishing and trapping
| ||
| 98-18-10/52163 | Model of seal harpoon |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 21-14-10/97881 | Drill guide ? |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nunavut
| |
| 36-73-10/6172 | Sealskin harpoon line |
Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
|
Media Restricted
| 01-16-10/57022 | Seal float |
Shaft, modified
Float |
Alaska
| |
| 53-36-60/10139 | Harpoon line of seal or walrus strips - has walrus ivory head with steel blade |
Harpoon
|
Siberia
|