Bone Harpoon Point
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
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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