Bird Harpoon and Throwing Board
Karl Mathiasen, Greenlandic, active 20th century
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
mid-20th century
Wood, bone, ivory, aluminum, and iron
Overall: 67 11/16 × 1 1/16 in. (172 × 2.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Per Jacobi
160.12.14520
Geography
Place Made: Saqqaq, Qeqertarsuaq, Disko Bay region, Greenland, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Hunting and Fishing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Central and Eastern
Not on view
Course History
ARTH 16, ANTH 50, Australian Aborigional Art, Howard Morphy, Fall 2012
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2012
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2013
ENVS 15, Environmental Issues: Earth's Cold Region, Spring 2019
Exhibition History
Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment, Friends and Owen Robertson Cheatham Galleries, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Juanuary 27-May 13,2007.
Publication History
Nicole Stuckenberger, Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 62, no. 1.
Provenance
Made by Karl Mathiasen, Saqqaq, Greenland; Per Jacobi, Special Student at Dartmouth College, from Greenland, arranged by David C. Nutt [1919-2008, Class of 1941], about 1960's; given to present collection, 1960.
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