Three harpoon points
Three harpoon points

Currently not on view

Three harpoon points,

before 1902

Iñupiaq
PU 8233

Information

Title
Three harpoon points
Dates

before 1902

Medium
Iron and bone
Dimensions
longest: h. 14.2 cm., w. 2.5 cm., d. 2.5 cm. (5 9/16 x 1 x 1 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 8233
Place Collected

North America, Kinugmut (King Island)

Culture
Native American, Inupiaq
Period
Alaskan Native styles
Type
harpoons
Materials
iron, bone
Subject
hunting

Collected by A.P. Swineford (Governor of Alaska, 1885-1889); given to Swineford's son-in-law, E.O. Stafford, 1897; sold to the Field Columbian Museum, Chicago (F.M.N.H. #A12731); exchanged by F.M.N.H. to Lt. George T. Emmons, 1902; given to Elizabeth Marsh Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), received January 1903

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