Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949, who did business as "W.O. Oldman, Ethnographical Specimens, London") in 1914 from British anthropologist and collector Harry Geoffrey Beasley (1881-1939); purchased by George Heye from W.O. Oldman in 1915.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iglulingmiut Inuit (Iglulirmiut)
- Previous seller
- Harry Geoffrey Beasley (Harry L. Beasley/Harry C. Beasley/H. G. Beasley), Non-Indian, 1881-1939
- Previous owner
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Seller
- William Ockleford Oldman (W.O. Oldman/William Ockelford Oldman), Non-Indian, 1879-1949
- Object Name
- Spear shaft
- Media/Materials
- Narwhal ivory
- Techniques
- Carved
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
