Butt Of Harpoon Shaft, Ivory

The carved ivory butt of a harpoon shaft. Collected by Edward W. Nelson from Shatolik, Norton Sound, Alaska. The carving may represent a wolf.

FROM CARD: "SPEAR HEAD WOLF."
Throwing harpoon socketpiece with engraved wolf head.

Details

Title: Butt Of Harpoon Shaft, Ivory
Location: Shaktolik, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
Type: Harpoon
Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
Medium: ivory
USNM Catalog Number(s): 008133
Photo Credit: Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Field: Ethnology
Accession Date: 1879

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