Whaling harpoon head (blade missing)
Whaling harpoon head (blade missing)
Whaling harpoon head (blade missing)
Whaling harpoon head (blade missing)

Currently not on view

Whaling harpoon head (blade missing),

before 1903

probably ancestral Alaskan Native
PU 8245

Information

Title
Whaling harpoon head (blade missing)
Dates

before 1903

Medium
Fossilized walrus ivory
Dimensions
h. 20.5 cm., w. 3.8 cm., d. 2.3 cm. (8 1/16 x 1 1/2 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 8245
Place Collected

North America, United States, Alaska, Cape Nome, North Alaska

Culture
Native American
Period
Alaskan Native styles
Type
harpoons
Materials
ivory
Subject
hunting

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