Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
Harpoon foreshaft
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Accession no.: | Y: 72/18/13 | ||||||||
Title: | Harpoon foreshaft | ||||||||
Description: | Harpoon foreshaft, ivory. Labrador Inuit. Northern Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada, late 18th century ? Collected 1905. | ||||||||
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Number of items: | 1 | ||||||||
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Made from a single piece of ivory (walrus). Shaft is circular in cross-section and curves slightly and tapers towards point at distal end. Proximal end is oval in cross-section and forms a point. Two circular holes 77 mm and 90 mm from proximal end. |
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