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 CAS 0005-0121   CAS 0005-0121; Harpoon head
Category Weaponry
Object Name Harpoon head
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone
Description Harpoon head carved from a single piece of bone; Has a notched triangular head with a rectangular shaft and a half socket with carved slots for mounting and a hole in the center from top to bottom for attachment.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.4, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 7.6

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0122   CAS 0005-0122; Harpoon head
Category Weaponry
Object Name Harpoon head
Culture North Alaskan Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data Western region
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone; Stone: slate
Description Toggling harpoon head, carved from single piece of bone to overall cylindrical shape; Proximal end is cut off diagonally and partially drilled to form socket for attachment to foreshaft; Biconical perforation is drilled through center of shaft for attachment to line; Slot cut into tapered distal end is fitted with triangular slate point that is bifacially thinned along lateral edges.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.0, Thickness = 1.7, Length = 8.0

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0123   CAS 0005-0123; Harpoon head
Category Weaponry
Object Name Harpoon head
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone
Description Carved from a single piece of bone with a slotted end for a point; The proximal end has a socket hole in it and the central body has a horizontal hole through it for attachment; Part of the distal end is broken.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.1, Thickness = 1.2, Length = 6.6

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0124   CAS 0005-0124; Harpoon head
Category Weaponry
Object Name Harpoon head
Culture North Alaskan Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data Western region
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture early 1900s
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Ivory; Slate
Description Toggling harpoon head, carved from single piece of ivory to overall cylindrical shape with pronounced median ridge extending length of both faces; Proximal end is cut off diagonally and partially drilled to form socket for attachment to foreshaft; Biconical perforation is drilled through center of shaft for attachment to line; Four pairs of shallowly incised lines begin at proximal end and extend to distal end, with the lines in each pair coming closer and closer together as they get closer to the distal end; Slot cut into tapered distal end originally held slate or copper blade (now fitted with slate blade, CAS 0005-0088).
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.7, Thickness = 1.5, Length = 10.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0127   CAS 0005-0127; Projectile point
Category Weaponry
Object Name Projectile point
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone: slate
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.9, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 9.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0128   CAS 0005-0128; Projectile point
Category Weaponry
Object Name Projectile point
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone: slate
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.5, Thickness = 0.4, Length = 5.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0129   CAS 0005-0129; Projectile point
Category Weaponry
Object Name Projectile point
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone: slate
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.8, Thickness = 0.3, Length = 5.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0130   CAS 0005-0130; Projectile point
Category Weaponry
Object Name Projectile point
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone: slate
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.9, Thickness = 0.2, Length = 5.4

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0131   CAS 0005-0131; Projectile point
Category Weaponry
Object Name Projectile point
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone: slate
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.1, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 8.4

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0132   CAS 0005-0132; Biface
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Biface
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description Indeterminate biface (scraper?), biconvex in transverse cross section with straight parallel lateral edges and a rounded distal end; Proximal end tapers to a thick, squared off stem for hafting; Color is dark gray.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.6, Thickness = 1.3, Length = 6.4

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0137   CAS 0005-0137; Rattle
Category Carvings
Object Name Rattle
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Ivory: walrus tusk; Ink
Description Rattle carved from a section of walrus tusk; Proximal end is blunt; A fox is carved onto the top of the shaft; Distal end consists of thin, four curved sections with incised designs resembling claws which serve as the cage for the rattle; Single rattle sphere has been carved out of the tusk within the claw-like design without breaking the cage.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 3.8, Width = 3.3, Length = 18.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0138   CAS 0005-0138; Ivory carving (fox on sign)
Category Carvings
Object Name Ivory carving (fox on sign)
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data City: Nome
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture 1921
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Ivory
Description Carved ivory souvenir with a fox carved into grip area and a cutout area with "NOME ALASKA 1921" all carved from a single piece of ivory.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 4.0, Width = 1.7, Length = 29.1

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0139   CAS 0005-0139; Cup
Category Culinary Items
Object Name Cup
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone (walrus maxilla)
Description Cup formed from left maxilla of a walrus with the large tusk socket acting as the cup interior.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 12.1, Width = 11.5, Depth = 6.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0144   CAS 0005-0144; Ivory implement
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Ivory implement
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Ivory: fossilized walrus tusk
Description Distal section of walrus tusk that is fossilized and has a hole drilled through the proximal end for hanging, possibly a pendant.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.3, Thickness = 1.8, Length = 13.3

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0148   CAS 0005-0148; Adze blade
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Adze blade
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Stone
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 8.1, Thickness = 3.7, Length = 16.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0149   CAS 0005-0149; Utensil
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Utensil
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone
Description Possible mattock type blade made from bone; Distal end is ground down while the proximal end has been drilled and notched for hafting.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 6.2, Thickness = 2.9, Length = 24.9

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0150   CAS 0005-0150; Harpoon head
Category Weaponry
Object Name Harpoon head
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone
Description Multi notched bone point that is triangular in cross section; The proximal end is cone shaped for fitting in a socketed shaft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.1, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 13.5

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0151   CAS 0005-0151; Harpoon head
Category Weaponry
Object Name Harpoon head
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone
Description Multi notched bone point that is triangular in cross section; The proximal end is cone shaped for fitting in a socketed shaft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.3, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 18.2

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0152   CAS 0005-0152; Harpoon head
Category Weaponry
Object Name Harpoon head
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone
Description Single barb bone point that is triangular in cross section; The proximal end is cone shaped for fitting in a socketed shaft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.3, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 10.7

Catalog Number

 CAS 0005-0153   CAS 0005-0153; Harpoon head
Category Weaponry
Object Name Harpoon head
Culture Native Alaskan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan)
Materials Bone
Description Single barb bone point that is triangular in cross section; The proximal end is cone shaped for fitting in a socketed shaft.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.3, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 14.4
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