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Catalog Number CAS 0521-0044   CAS 0521-0044; Harpoon foreshaft
Category Weaponry
Object Name Harpoon foreshaft
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 Long, straight foreshaft carved from single ivory splinter, triangular in cross-section with rounded edges; Distal end tapers to a blunt point; Proximal end has nock; All three faces are incised with series of interconnected lines and circles with center dots.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.3, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 16.8