Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0521-0030 | |
| 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; Triangular line hole is cut through midpoint of head; rectangular socket for insertion of foreshaft is cut from proximal end on one face only and is flanked on each side by small, rectangular perforations, narrow slot for blade is cut into distal end; Pronounced ridge along each lateral edge of head. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.2, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 9.3 | |