Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by anthropologist Douglas Leechman (J.D. Leechman, 1890-1980, of the National Museum of Canada) in 1920; purchased by MAI from Douglas Leechman in 1920.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Makah
- Collector
- Douglas Leechman (J.D. Leechman/John Douglas Leechman), Non-Indian, 1890-1980
- Seller
- Douglas Leechman (J.D. Leechman/John Douglas Leechman), Non-Indian, 1890-1980
- Object Name
- Harpoon head
- Media/Materials
- Animal bone, iron point, twine/string, sinew
- Techniques
- Carved, tied, hammered
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
