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1887.1.603

Wooden harpoon foreshaft.

1887.1.603

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden harpoon foreshaft.
Long description
Wooden harpoon foreshaft, cylindrical in section with socket carved into the tip and a shouldered section at the butt. [MJD (Verve) 7/3/2016]
Geographical reference
Chile
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Chile
Arica y Parinacota Region Arica Province Arica unnamed grave site
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Inka Inca
Date collected
?by 1884
Acquisition information
Transferred: 1886
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 317 mm, Width: max 20 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1887.1.603
Research and responses

Arica is in northern Chile's Arica and Parinacota Region, located only 18 km (11 mi) south of the border with Peru. It was originally a part of Peru but it was lost after a plebiscite arranged in the Treaty of Ancon in 1883 as part of the results of the war of the Pacific. It is therefore to be considered part of Chile not Peru. [AS 14/12/2010]

Search terms: Fishing, Death, Weapon, Religion, Hunting, Harpoon, Grave Good, Fishing Accessory, Hunting accessory

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