Harpoon model

Museum number:
2-47005
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
16 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2526
Description:
Steel blade. Copper extension at distal end is snow/ice probe. Ivory finger rest with sinew thong. Made with wood, sealskin thong.
Donor:
Nelson H.H. Graburn and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Povungnituk, Quebec, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Quebec; Povungnituk
Culture or time period:
Canadian cultures and Inuit
Maker or artist:
Juanasiluk Ivqumiak
Collector:
Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection date:
June 1968 - July 1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Made and used by men for hunting seals and walrus from kayak and at winter breathing hole. Also used as snow/ice probe (distal end). Head and line not attached (see 2-47000, 47006).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 20 centimeters
Comment:
Modern" Native name: Unaak.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon model, accession number 2-47005, described as Steel blade. Copper extension at distal end is snow/ice probe. Ivory finger rest with sinew thong. Made with wood, sealskin thong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon model, accession number 2-47005, described as Steel blade. Copper extension at distal end is snow/ice probe. Ivory finger rest with sinew thong. Made with wood, sealskin thong.

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