Harpoon head

Museum number:
2-71461a-c
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210271461a@2dc
Accession number:
Acc.4532
Description:
Harpoon head, foreshaft, sealskin float model; a) harpoon head and foreshaft, med. hard greenish stone, two pieces held together by sealskin thong, length 32 cm.; b) stone point with socket to fit into foreshaft; sealskin thong line with bone attached; l. 10cm.; c) sealskin float model, med. grey soapstone, l. 14cm.
Donor:
Katherine Graburn and Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection place:
Salluit (Sugluk), Ungava Bay, Arctic Quebec
Culture or time period:
Inuit
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 2-71461a-c, described as Harpoon head, foreshaft, sealskin float model; a) harpoon head and foreshaft, med. hard greenish stone, two pieces held together by sealskin thong, length 32 cm.; b) stone point with socket to fit into foreshaft; sealskin thong line with bone attached; l. 10cm.; c) sealskin float model, med. grey soapstone, l. 14cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 2-71461a-c, described as Harpoon head, foreshaft, sealskin float model; a) harpoon head and foreshaft, med. hard greenish stone, two pieces held together by sealskin thong, length 32 cm.; b) stone point with socket to fit into foreshaft; sealskin thong line with bone attached; l. 10cm.; c) sealskin float model, med. grey soapstone, l. 14cm.

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