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1884.118.22

Harpoon head with single point, barbed. [DCF Court Team 9/12/2002]

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1884.118.22

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Collection type
Object
Description
Harpoon head with single point, barbed. [DCF Court Team 9/12/2002]
Geographical reference
Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada
Arctic
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Date / Period
Date made: Possibly before 1881
Date collected
?Prior to 1881
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Carved
Dimensions
Width: max 30 mm, Length: max 164 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.118.22 PR Cat other PR nos: ? 2596 PR no.: ? 34/ 12395
Research and responses

Note that Red 20 and 21 have the same information (5 objects in each, one is unmatched) but in the accession book 9 objects are matched to 20R, this is obviously a mistake and some should be matched to 21R [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

Search terms: Weapon, Hunting, Fishing, Harpoon-head, Fishing Accessory, Hunting accessory

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