Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from James W. Benham (1866-1914, owner of the Benham Indian Trading Company, Albuquerque, New Mexico) in 1904.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Iñupiaq (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- James W. Benham (J.W. Benham), Non-Indian, 1866-1914
- Seller
- James W. Benham (J.W. Benham), Non-Indian, 1866-1914
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1850
- Object Name
- Harpoon shaft part/fragment
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved, drilled
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
