Harpoon Socket

53-54-237

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

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-237
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Mound B, lower level, depth:21"
Period Old Town II
Section American
Materials Animal Bone
Description

Light bone animal head, finely carved. Open mouth with grooves, hole drilled through center, two tangs behind neck. One broken. Smooth. Eye design on tang. Hole drilled across head at mouth back. Neck, V-shaped cut in 'chin'. Duck?

Length 7.6 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Thickness 2.2 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 3 - Field No SF

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