Toggling Harpoon with slitted tip and slate point inserted
Unknown people (Alaska Native)
Western Arctic
Arctic
Traditional
Bone and slate
Overall: 3 5/8 × 11/16 × 1/2 in. (9.2 × 1.8 × 1.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Alfred M. Schmidt Jr, Class of 1951
51.9.12675
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Provenance
Alfred M. Schmidt, Jr., Far Hills, New Jersey; given to present collection, 1951.
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