Bone Harpoon Point

Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected 1905

Bone

Overall: 9 7/16 × 1 3/16 × 1 in. (23.9 × 3 × 2.6 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.9629

Geography

Place Found: Nuvuk (Point Barrow), United States, North America

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing

Research Area

Archaeology

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Inscriptions

Attached Tag: "Part of Harpoon. Alaska."

Provenance

Clara G. and Frank C. Churchill, Lebanon, New Hampshire; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.

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