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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.
Long, triangular shaped, flat, harpoon head with a tapered, pointed tip and broken, square shaped end. There are five linear notches along the top.
Metal point held between bone sprockets by twine. Braided twine line extends from back.
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.
Barbed wooden shaft (b) with a tapering point at one end and a ground slate point (a) set into the other.
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.
Carved, white-yellow harpoon head with barbed edges tapering to a point; pierced hole at bottom end.
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.
Roughly triangular brown piece of bone carved with several holes and grooves.
Miniature detachable harpoon head tied to a long cord of braided sinew; triangular metal blade.