Whaling Outfit

Harpoon Rest

NA4796

From: Alaska | Sledge Island

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4796
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Sledge Island
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Ivory
Description

Ivory with ivory chains, bear heads and whales carved on a harpoon rack.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Seward Peninsula/Siberia; William Blair Van Valin, 1919

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