Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected by John Hachmann (Johannes Hachmann/John Hackman, 1857-1930, who had a whaling station at Point Hope between 1889 and 1905); purchased by George Heye from John Hachmann in 1906.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Iñupiaq [Tikiġaq/Point Hope]
- Collector
- John Hachmann (Johannes Hachmann/John Hackmann/John Hackman), Non-Indian, 1857-1930
- Seller
- John Hachmann (Johannes Hachmann/John Hackmann/John Hackman), Non-Indian, 1857-1930
- Object Name
- Harpoon head
- Media/Materials
- Flint
- Techniques
- Carved, flaked/chipped
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
