Harpoon Item Number: A2.557 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Walrus tusk ice pick at one end of the plain wooden shaft. Long thick point fastened to the shaft with bearded sealskin line.
Item History
- Made in Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
- Collected during 1914
- Owned by Edith Bevan Cross before July 30, 1962
- Received from Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source) on July 30, 1962
What
- Name
- Harpoon
- Identification Number
- A2.557
- Type of Item
- harpoon
- Material
- wood, bearded seal skin and walrus tusk
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and tied
- Overall
- height 198.5 cm, width 6.0 cm, depth 4.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit: Iglulik
- Previous Owner
- Edith Bevan Cross
- Received from
- Edith Bevan Cross (Seller) and H. R. MacMillan (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Repulse Bay, Nunavut, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1914
- Ownership Date
- before July 30, 1962
- Acquisition Date
- on July 30, 1962
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 46
- Accession Number
- 0081/0097 b