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E2092-0 - Harpoon Heads (3)Back

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Description

Harpoon heads made from ivory and antler with iron blades that are held in place with iron rivets. The body of one of the harpoon heads has a paired barbs and in addition has a barbed iron blade set into a slot at its end. of the barbed harpoon head has a single pair of barbs. Another of the harpoon heads lacks barbs, but has an iron bladewith two pairs of barbs. Each of the harpoon heads has a line hole running though the body in the same plane as the blade, and a single spur.

Information from the Smithsonian

FROM CARD: "A PAIR OF ALEUT BOOTS IS SO NUMBERED. 1 ILLUS. IN PROCEEDINGS, USNM, VOL. 60; P1. 25, NO. 11; P. 48.

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E2092-0
  • Object Type: harpoon
  • Materials: iron, antler, ivory
  • Manufacturing Techniques: cutting, drilling, riveting
  • Tags: hunting, sea mammal hunting

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