Harpoon Head

53-54-221

From: United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-221
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Mound A, upper level, depth:14 in
Period Old Town III
Section American
Materials Bone
Description

Dark bone. Varnished. Smooth points and narrowed bases. Drilled hole. On each, one barb broken and re-smoothed. One barb. Probably point where formerly barbed.

Length 12 cm
Width 2.3 cm
Thickness 1.1 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 390 - Field No SF

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