Spear
Kalaallit (West Greenlandic Inuit), Greenland, Eastern Arctic, Arctic
1920s
Driftwood, walrus ivory, and iron
Overall: 73 1/4 × 1 9/16 × 3 1/8 in. (186 × 4 × 8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of George Murphy, Class of 1941
39.70.7904
Geography/Culture
North America, Greenland
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Classification
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by George Frost Murphy, Jr. (1918-2001, Class of 1941) on the McMillan Expedition, 1938-39; given to present collection, 1939.
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