Harpoon and Thrower (3 parts) used to Hunt Seals from a Kayak
Unidentified Inughuit (North Greenlandic Inuit) maker
Eastern Arctic
Arctic
1920s
Driftwood, walrus ivory, hide, and iron
Overall: 86 13/16 × 1 3/8 in. (220.5 × 3.5 cm)
Overall: 1 1/8 in. (2.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of George Murphy, Class of 1941
39.70.7903
Geography
Place Made: Qaanaaq (Thule), 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
ENVS 80, BIOL 148, Polar Science, Policy, and Ethics, Ross Virginia, Spring 2012
ANTH 11, NAS 11, Ancient Native Americans, Deborah Nichols, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2013
ANTH 12.11, NAS 30, Arctic Crossroads: Its Peoples, Cultures, and History, William Fitzhugh, Winter 2015
ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015
ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015
ENGS 2, Integrated Design: Engineering, Architecture, and Building Technology, Jack Wilson, Vicki May, Winter 2015
ENVS 15, Environmental Issues: Earth's Cold Region, Spring 2019
ANTH 05, Introduction to Archaeology, Nathaniel Kitchel, Summer 2019
Arctic Health Conference Viewing, Winter 2020
Exhibition History
Arctic Day, Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont, February 1-4, 1991.
Arctic Day, Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont, February 14-18, 1992.
Arctic Day, Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont, February 15-16, 1993.
Arctic Day, Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont, February 18-21, 1994.
Peoples and Cultures of the Northwest Coast and Arctic Regions, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 14, 1990.
Peoples and Cultures of the Plains, Northwest Coast, and Arctic Region, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Native American Studies 21 / Anthropology 40, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 30-December 20, 1992.
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. 73, no.49.
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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