Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; purchased from an unknown source in 1916 by George Wynne Avery (1866-1927), a mining superintendent who assisted MAI with field collecting activities.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq
- MAI agent
- George W. Avery (G. W. Avery/George Wynne Avery), Non-Indian, 1866-1927
- Date created
- circa 1900
- Object Name
- Harpoon head
- Media/Materials
- Ivory, slate
- Techniques
- Carved, perforated
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
