Previous owner:

Mr. Pullen, Non-Indian  Search this

Expedition:

Mrs. Thea Heye Chile Expedition (1929-1930) (Mrs. Thea Heye - Lothrop Expedition)  Search this

Expedition leader:

Samuel Kirkland Lothrop (S.K. Lothrop/SKL), Non-Indian, 1892-1965  Search this

Expedition sponsor:

Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935  Search this

Object Name:

Harpoon head part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)

Media/Materials:

Animal Bone

Techniques:

Carved

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Place:

Taltal or Chañaral; Antofagasta Province or Chañaral Province; Antofagasta Region II or Atacama Region III; Chile

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the "Pullen collection"; purchased from an unknown source in 1929 by Samuel K. Lothrop (1892-1965, MAI staff member) during MAI's Thea Heye-Lothrop Expedition to Chile.

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Catalog Number:

16/9912

Barcode:

169912.000

See related items:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws68a52fa13-088a-4ef3-81f1-f05ff01428c1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_181962