A) Harpoon head with line; steel harpoon head attached to double white synthetic line by finer synthetic line; length of head: 12.5 cm. B,C) Halves of shaft; hardwood, hexagonal, tapered, blunt point at one end for seating of harpoon head; opposite end slotted for attachment of synthetic line; width at junction of halves: 2.5 cm; length of B: 163.5 cm; length of C: 161.5 cm.
Donor:
Daryl P. Domning and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil
Culture or time period:
Afro-Brazilian
Maker or artist:
Alcides Guedes dos Santos
Collector:
Daryl P. Domning
Collection date:
1978
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Context of use:
For manatee hunting.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Comment:
Wood shaft sawn in half by donor for ease of shipping to Museum.