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1886.1.690

Harpoon line. [ASh [OPS move] 27/6/2017]

1886.1.690

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Collection type
Object
Description
Harpoon line. [ASh [OPS move] 27/6/2017]
Long description
Harpoon line. A line of seal or walrus hide, tied together in two places. [ASh [OPS move] 27/6/2017]
Geographical reference
United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
Alaska Bering Strait Port Clarence
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 Hide Skin, Material Seal Skin Animal, Material Walrus Skin Animal, Process Bound, Process Knotted
Dimensions
Diameter: max 209 mm, Depth: max 32 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1886.1.690 Other numbers: 690
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, Line, Harpoon Line, Fishing Accessory, Hunting accessory

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