Model Harpoon

Item number 2912/1 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Model harpoon made of wood and tusk. A long thin wooden piece (part a) is topped by a small cube of tusk embedded in the wood. The tusk is ‘T’ shaped, and has a shallow hollow carved into its top. Just below, two hide thongs enter and exit the wood through small bored holes. A small piece of tusk protrudes from the wooden shaft at the top centre of the object. The accompanying piece (part b) is a thin needle shaped piece of tusk, slightly curved, tapered at the tip, with two holes bored through the top.

Narrative

Percy F. Broughton is thought to have collected this artifact while he served as a missionary with the Church Missionary Society, in Lake Harbour on Baffin Island, from 1911-1912.