Harpoon Head Item Number: Na1135 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wedge shaped harpoon head with round socket extending in from centre bottom. Line hole at centre is at a right angle to socket hole, meeting it at the top. Channel runs down on either side of line hole. Blade slot cuts across top of rounded head. Bottom has rounded tang on one side. Both sides are slightly convex, longitudinal cracks along tang side.
History Of Use
Toggling harpoons are used to hunt large sea mammals because they penetrate beneath the hide and the blubber, thus securing the prey.
Cultural Context
sea mammal hunting
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Owned by Marianne Koerner and Walter C. Koerner before January 8, 1981
- Received from Marianne Koerner (Donor) and Walter C. Koerner (Donor) on January 8, 1981
What
- Name
- Harpoon Head
- Identification Number
- Na1135
- Type of Item
- harpoon head
- Material
- walrus tusk
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and drilled
- Overall
- height 5.7 cm, width 1.2 cm, depth 1.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Marianne Koerner and Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Marianne Koerner (Donor) and Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Ownership Date
- before January 8, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on January 8, 1981
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 47
- Accession Number
- 0697/0056