Harpoon
- Museum number:
- 16-19321a,b
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm211619321a@2cb
- Accession number:
- Acc.4072
- Donor:
- Fred W. Goff
- Collection place:
- Amazonas State, Brazil
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Brazil, Amazon, Ticuna
- Culture or time period:
- Ticuna
- Collector:
- Fred W. Goff
- Collection date:
- 1963
- Materials:
- Iron (metal) and Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Harpoons
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- October 1985
- Context of use:
- Used to harpoon fish, the pointed stick is inserted into the detachable head. However, a) and b) do not comprise the entire assembly.
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Legacy documentation:
-