Harpoon head and foreshaft

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Culture/People: Netsilingmiut Inuit (Netsilik) [Aivilingmiut/Aivilirmiut/Aivilik]
Expedition: Norcross-Bartlett Expedition (1933)
Expedition leader: Captain Robert A. Bartlett (Robert Abram Bartlett), Non-Indian, 1875-1946
Expedition sponsor: Frederick Kingsbury Curtis (F.K. Curtis), Non-Indian, 1863-1936

Collection History: Collected in 1933 during the Norcross-Bartlett Expedition, led by Captain Robert A. Bartlett (1875-1946) and sponsored by the American Museum of Natural History, the American Geographical Society, and the US Department of the Navy as well as MAI trustee Frederick Kingsbury Curtis (1863-1936).
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Place: Murray Bay, Lyon Inlet, Melville Peninsula; Kivalliq Region (Keewatin); Nunavut; Canada

See related items: Netsilingmiut Inuit (Netsilik) [Aivilingmiut/Aivilirmiut/Aivilik]; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 18/5004
Barcode: 185004.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Harpoon head and foreshaft
Media/Materials: Antler, hide
Techniques: Barbed

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws645b0cd2d-79d4-465b-b10c-e36f40c00f1a

Record ID: NMAI_197799