Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank H. Wood (1851-1933), a collector and curator of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society in New Bedford, Massachusetts; purchased by MAI from Frank Wood in 1916 using funds donated by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
- Previous owner
- Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933
- Seller
- Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933
- Presenter/funding source
- Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935
- Date created
- 1880-1900
- Object Name
- Harpoon head and foreshaft
- Media/Materials
- Ivory, iron point, hide
- Techniques
- Perforated
- Dimensions
- 45.7 x 4.5 cm
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
