Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by Claude Vigneau (1881-1966), who served aboard the Arctic patrol ship "C.G.S. Arctic" from 1908 until at least 1923; purchased by MAI from Claude Vigneau in 1925 through anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950).
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Inuit (archaeological) (attributed)
- Collector
- Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
- Seller
- Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
- MAI agent
- Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
- Date created
- probably 1700–1900
- Object Name
- Harpoon part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
