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Object Number 07-8-10/75263
Display Title Harpoon point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved antler harpoon point, barbed, perforated and stemmed.
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Flaxman Island
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 9.3 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm (3 11/16 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75263
Provenance
Expedition Anglo-American Polar Expedition (1907)
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1907)

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