Harpoon Head

Item number 1928.971 from the MAA: University of Cambridge.

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Description

Harpoon head made from two pieces of horn bounded together and holding a sharpened point of bone or horn. The harpoon head is bound with fine string, and has a line of thicker string with a loop at the end attached; Good

Context

The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; Harpoon heads of this type were used by the Nootka, see J.C.H.King' s Artificial Curiosities 1981, page 91, monochrome plate 83, for spearing salmon.; Exhibited: Old anthropological displays at CUMAA, case 34, dismantled 14081986.