Kigiktauik, Norton Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
1 Nov 1878
Notes:
"Harpoons. Shafts of cedar, oval in cross section, fitted into bone heads, in outer end of which are wooden plugs in which are inserted barbed-bone points secured to heads by laniards. On middle of shafts are fastened bone finger-cleats, and near ends are lashed seal-bladder buoys, with bone mouth-pieces; harpoon line is attached to laniard of shaft. Length, 4 to 5 ft.; bone heads, 7 ins.; points, 3 to 5 ins. ALASKA. Collected by E.W. NELSON and L.M. TURNER. 33,936. 29,040, 33,911, 33,912, 33,930, 33,938, 33,864, 33,975, 33,933. Used by Alaskan Indians of Norton Sound and elsewhere in seal and beluga hunting, and are thrown after the game has been previously speared, to prevent them from sinking or escaping."
