Culture/People:

Inuit  Search this

Previous owner:

Edwin C. Waters (E. C. Waters), Non-Indian, 1842-1939  Search this

Seller:

Edwin C. Waters (E. C. Waters), Non-Indian, 1842-1939  Search this

Object Name:

Harpoon head

Media/Materials:

Animal Bone

Techniques:

Carved, barbed, perforated

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Place:

Hudson Bay; Nunavut; Canada

Date created:

circa 1900

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of amateur archaeologist Edwin C. Waters (1842-1939, of Brantford, Ontario, and Auburn, New York); purchased by George Heye from Edwin C. Waters in 1910.

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Catalog Number:

2/6505

Barcode:

026505.000

See related items:

Inuit

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws67967285e-013b-4bb5-8a3f-1e5d9c9babe4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_28148