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Walrus Penis Bone, Club?60/839
Club for killing fish38.702

Gift of Frank K. Fairchild

Culture
Eskimo
Material
walrus penis bone
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Drag With Line60.1/8807
Weight For A Bola60.1/4124
Club4726
Club4727
HarpoonA2.531

Small barbed harpoon head, with iron point with bearded seal line attached to harpoon. The other end has a bone ice pick. Starting from the long curved tip point to the short straight tip point: walrus tusk (long curved tip point), bone, antler (harpoon head with metal point), walrus bone (rounded end piece), and antler (short straight tip point).

Culture
Inupiaq
Material
wood, bone, iron metal, skin, walrus tusk, antler and walrus bone
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Straight PickA2.447

Straight pick with a tapered point at each end made from mottled brown walrus tusk (possibly fossilized). Pick is bound to a straight handle of brown walrus baculum with rawhide lashings.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
rawhide skin, walrus bone and walrus tusk
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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