- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone harpoon head, with a sharpened tip and a flattened base.There is a central shallow channel in both sides. [RH [OPS move] 23/1/2018]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1969
- Date collected
- By 1969
- Acquisition information
- Transferred: 1969
- Materials and processes
- Material Slate Stone, Process Carved
- Dimensions
- Width: max 18 mm, Length: max 40 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1969.34.12 Other numbers: N.C. 314
Search terms: Hunting, Weapon, Harpoon-head, Hunting accessory
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