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Object Number
88-51-10/50110
Display Title
Seal darts
Descriptions
Object Description
Seal darts
Inventory Description
Harpoons, blunt bone end, long wood handle, no point
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Nunivaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Bethel Census Area
/
Nunivak Island
Materials
Wood, Bone, Sinew, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 125 x 3 x 2.4 cm (49 3/16 x 1 3/16 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50110; Seal lance at Mooemuta Esquimo Nunivak; 15669 WH Dall
Provenance
Collector
William Healey Dall
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50370.1 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/50370 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/50109 | Feathered seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
|
| 88-51-10/50370.2 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 88-51-10/50120 | Seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51947 | Imperfect seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50107.1 | Seal darts. |
Harpoon
|
United States
| |
| 88-51-10/50107 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 31-32-10/K112 | Seal dart. Used with throwing stick. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50106 | Feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 01-16-10/57019.1 | Boat hook and seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 04-28-10/63521 | Double feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Bethel Census Area
|