Harpoon model

Museum number:
2-46992
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020046992
Alternate number:
3 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2526
Description:
Model of sliding harpoon. Wood shaft, ivory foreshaft; ivory harpoon tip; caribou skin thong line; wire; metal not aboriginal.
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
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Harpoons
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Used by men in spring and early summer. Man lying down slides it over ice at basking seals. Obsolete 1910-20 (replaced by guns).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 47.7 centimeters
Comment:
Native name and meaning: Auktuti = tool for melting time. Materials: full scale would have sealskin line.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon model, accession number 2-46992, described as Model of sliding harpoon. Wood shaft, ivory foreshaft; ivory harpoon tip; caribou skin thong line; wire; metal not aboriginal.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon model, accession number 2-46992, described as Model of sliding harpoon. Wood shaft, ivory foreshaft; ivory harpoon tip; caribou skin thong line; wire; metal not aboriginal.

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