Harpoon Point Item Number: 44.34.8 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Full size harpoon point with ivory shaft and metal point. It would be fastened to a longer wooden shaft when used.
Credit Line
A. Augustus Healy Fund
Item History
- Made between 1800 and 1899
What
- Name
- Harpoon Point
- Identification Number
- 44.34.8
- Type of Item
- harpoon point
- Material
- ivory and iron metal
- Overall
- length 4.5 in, width 1.25 in
Who
- Culture
- Nunatsiaqmiut Eskimo
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1899
Other
- Classification
- Hunting/Fishing/Trapping