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1886.1.684.5

Point of a walrus tusk, possibly used as a harpoon? [ASh [OPS move] 20/6/2017]

1886.1.684.5

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Collection type
Object
Description
Point of a walrus tusk, possibly used as a harpoon? [ASh [OPS move] 20/6/2017]
Geographical reference
United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
Western USA Alaska North Slope Borough Point Franklin
Cultural groups
Inuit (Greenland)
Inuit
Date / Period
Date made: On or before 1826
Date collected
1826
Acquisition information
Transferred: 11/03/1886
Materials and processes
Material Animal Ivory Tooth
Dimensions
Length: max 150 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Depth: max 15 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.684.5 Other numbers: 371 - 378 79d (375) Other numbers: 684d
Research and responses

Please note that there was no further information about Beechey on the Donor Index cards at the Ashmolean Museum, Department of Antiquities. [L.Ph 23/3/2004]

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

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