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Object Number
88-51-10/50107
Display Title
Seal darts
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon, blunt bone tip, corded sinew wrapped on wood shaft
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Nunivaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nunivak Island
Materials
Wood, Bone, Sinew, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 138.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm (54 1/2 x 1 3/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50107; 4649 ; 43479 / Nunevak I. / Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(1880?)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50107.1 | Seal darts. |
Harpoon
|
United States
| |
| 88-51-10/50370 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50370.1 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50109 | Feathered seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50110 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 94-57-10/R16 | Beluga lance heads of transluscent beige chert. Darts for throwing board. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
|
| 88-51-10/50370.2 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1642 | Seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 01-16-10/57019.1 | Boat hook and seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 04-28-10/63521 | Double feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 90-17-10/48425 | Atlatl dart for seal; point missing |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51948 | Imperfect seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
|