Barbed Head

Object Number: | 33-37-489 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Prehistoric Eskimo |
Provenience: | United States of America Alaska Palugvik Village Prince William Sound Hawkins Island |
Culture Area: | Arctic Culture Area |
Locus: | Beach |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Bone |
Length: | 5 cm |
Width: | 2 cm |
Credit Line: | Danish National / University Museum Expedition; Kaj Birket-Smith and Frederica de Laguna, 1933 |
Other Number: | 1167 - Field No SF |
Description
Barbed almost symmetrically on both sides. Hole for line is above bottom pair of barbs. Probably original butt was broken off at original hole, and specimen was reshaped for used. Point broken. Originally at least 2 pairs of barbs.
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