Catalog Number |
CAS 0521-0014 | |
Category | Weaponry | |
Object Name | Harpoon head | |
Culture | Eskimo | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
County | Nome | |
Other Geographic Data | St. Lawrence Island | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | ||
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Ivory | |
Description | Toggling harpoon head carved from single piece of ivory; Round line hole is drilled through midpoint of head; Square socket for insertion of foreshaft is cut from proximal end on one face only and is flanked on each side by narrow, rectangular perforations; Body of head is marked with shallow incised line and 13 pinhead sized holes; Narrow slot for blade is cut into distal end. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.4, Thickness = 1.4, Length = 9.6 |