Catalog Number | CAS 0521-0044 | |
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 |