Harpoon head

Culture/People
Iñupiaq [Tikiġaq/Point Hope]
Possible collector
Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948
Previous owner
Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948
Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952
Donor
Dr. A. Eugene Austin (Alonzo Eugene Austin, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1868-1948
Sarah H. Austin (Sarah Frances Hall/Mrs. Alonzo Eugene Austin), Non-Indian, 1871-1952
Collection History
Possibly collected by Alonzo Eugene Austin (1868-1948, a New York City doctor of homeopathy who spent his boyhood in Alaska as the son of Presbyterian missionary parents); donated to MAI by Dr. Austin and his wife Sarah Hall Austin (1871-1952) in 1930.
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Place
Point Hope; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
See related items
Iñupiaq [Tikiġaq/Point Hope]
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
16/8261
Barcode
168261.000
Object Type
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Object Name
Harpoon head
Media/Materials
Ivory
Techniques
Barbed
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws688130f22-65f8-40cc-b447-f64ce063cedf
Record ID
NMAI_180262