Harpoon

Museum number:
2-16687
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020016687
Accession number:
Acc.770
Description:
Small. Copper paint, antler (?) harpoon head, ivory foreshaft, walrus-gut float, ivory mouthpiece. Painted with ochre and Vivianite. Damaged on "Man the Inventor" exhibit Loan S65-65 #72 Heard Museum.
Donor:
Margaret Lantis
Collection place:
Mekoryuk, Nunivak Island, Bethel Census Area
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Nunivak Island; Mekoryuk
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Margaret Lantis
Collection date:
1940
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1940
Context of use:
Seal harpoon. For use with spear thrower.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-16687, described as Small. Copper paint, antler (?) harpoon head, ivory foreshaft, walrus-gut float, ivory mouthpiece. Painted with ochre and Vivianite. Damaged on "Man the Inventor" exhibit Loan S65-65 #72 Heard Museum.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-16687, described as Small. Copper paint, antler (?) harpoon head, ivory foreshaft, walrus-gut float, ivory mouthpiece. Painted with ochre and Vivianite. Damaged on "Man the Inventor" exhibit Loan S65-65 #72 Heard Museum.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-16687, described as Small. Copper paint, antler (?) harpoon head, ivory foreshaft, walrus-gut float, ivory mouthpiece. Painted with ochre and Vivianite. Damaged on "Man the Inventor" exhibit Loan S65-65 #72 Heard Museum.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-16687, described as Small. Copper paint, antler (?) harpoon head, ivory foreshaft, walrus-gut float, ivory mouthpiece. Painted with ochre and Vivianite. Damaged on "Man the Inventor" exhibit Loan S65-65 #72 Heard Museum.

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