Harpoon foreshaft socket Item Number: A556393-0 from the National Museum of Natural History

Notes

18th century Labrador Inuit. Found in collection. Roughly rectangular with rounded end. Holes carved in both ends. Oval in cross-section.

Item History

What

Name
Harpoon foreshaft socket
Identification Number
A556393-0
Type of Item
harpoon

Who

Culture
Eskimo and Canadian
Field Collector
Mr. Willie Knutsen

Where

Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
Made in
Labrador, Canada
Collected in
Labrador, Canada

When

Acquisition Date
on June 1, 1949

Other

Accession Number
183098