Copper Harpoon Point for Hunting Beluga Whales
Dene (Athabascan)
First Nation
Subarctic
collected 1969
Copper
Overall: 1 3/4 × 3/8 × 9/16 in. (4.5 × 1 × 1.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Thomas W. Day, Class of 1969
169.6.24530
Geography
Place Found: Churchill, Canada, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Archaeology
Native American: Subarctic
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Thomas W. Day (Class of 1969), in 1969; given to present collection, 1969.
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