Harpoon head
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- Culture/People
- probably Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Rosemary Klos, Non-Indian
- Tom Klos, Non-Indian
- Donor
- Rosemary Klos, Non-Indian
- Tom Klos, Non-Indian
- Object Name
- Harpoon head
- Media/Materials
- Ivory
- Techniques
- Carved
- Dimensions
- 11.3 cm
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Place
- Western tip of Saint Lawrence Island 2 miles outside of Gambell; Saint Lawrence Island; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Archipelago
- Bering Sea Islands
- Island Name
- Saint Lawrence Island
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1900
- Collection History
- Surface collected by a local Native man in 1979 and given to Tom and Rosemary Klos (of Soldotna, Alaska); donated to MAI by Tom and Rosemary Klos in 1982.
- Catalog Number
- 25/188
- Barcode
- 250188.000
- See related items
- Yuit (Siberian Yup'ik) (archaeological)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
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