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Harpoon HeadA8538

Rounded point backed by a fore-shaft with six pairs of large barbs. Flat, rounded butt is fixed with a moveable iron loop or eye (for attaching retrieval line). Parallel diagonal lines along both faces of this point indicate that it was made from a file.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
iron metal
Made in
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Harpoon HeadA8706

Long, triangular shaped, flat, harpoon head with a tapered, pointed tip and broken, square shaped end. There are five linear notches along the top.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA7602

Metal point held between bone sprockets by twine. Braided twine line extends from back.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
metal, bone and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadC1443

Harpoon with four sticks with barbed ends that are bound together with braided plant fibre cord. Ends of the barbed sticks are inserted into a bamboo tube case. Same piece of cord that wraps around the sticks is also wrapped around the bamboo case.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
plant fibre, bamboo grass and wood
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA2214 a-b

Barbed wooden shaft (b) with a tapering point at one end and a ground slate point (a) set into the other.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, fibre and slate stone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadE271

Iron harpoon head with a wooded, cylindrical handle wrapped with twisted cotton twine. The harpoon head has a short cylindrical body that tapers to a point; four barbs. There is circular rubber stop between the harpoon head and the handle along with a loop of heavy, twisted cord attached to the base.

Culture
Seri
Material
iron metal, wood, cotton fibre and rubber
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA2.285

Carved, white-yellow harpoon head with barbed edges tapering to a point; pierced hole at bottom end.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
St. Michael, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA9096

Large flat leaf-shaped iron blade. Fixed to the blade with compresses of spruce resin are two antler spurs (elk ?) incised with designs of wolf and snake. Also attached, there is a heavy lanyard of twisted sinew (whale or sea-lion) (used to attach head to long line). Engraved with lightning serpent imagery.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
sinew, spruce resin, elk antler, iron metal and wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Harpoon HeadA2.423

Roughly triangular brown piece of bone carved with several holes and grooves.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Harpoon HeadA2.328

Miniature detachable harpoon head tied to a long cord of braided sinew; triangular metal blade.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone, caribou sinew and brass metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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