Toggling Harpoon Head Item Number: Na1138 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Ivory harpoon head with beveled edges and curving sides; diagonal slope across bottom; round open socket hole at bottom; line hole through harpoon head above socket. Blade slit at rounded tip with channel on one side of slit to near centre. Triangular incised line and deeply drilled dot design on all but channeled and bottom surfaces.
History Of Use
Toggling harpoons are used to hunt large sea mammals because they penetrate beneath the hide and the blubber.
Cultural Context
sea mammal hunting
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA during 750
- 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
- Toggling Harpoon Head
- Identification Number
- Na1138
- Type of Item
- harpoon head
- Material
- walrus tusk
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, incised and drilled
- Overall
- height 9.7 cm, width 4.0 cm, depth 1.3 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
- Creation Date
- during 750
- Ownership Date
- before January 8, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on January 8, 1981
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 47
- Accession Number
- 0697/0060