Harpoon Head

53-54-223

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-223
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 11" | dark brown midden with thermal fractured rock
Period Old Town III
Section American
Materials Bone
Description

Dark bone, point and base broken. Base glued. One side is rough inside of bone. Curved. Two barbs, broken below 3rd. No hole remaining.

Length 11.8 cm
Width 2 cm
Thickness 0.9 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 414 - Field No SF

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