Harpoon head
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected or excavated by Harold W. Averill (1885-ca. 1935, a dentist and amateur archaeologist who lived in Bethel, Alaska, in the mid 1920s); purchased by MAI from Harold W. Averill in 1927.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- probably AD 1600–1900
- Catalog Number
- 15/2002
- Barcode
- 152002.000
- Culture/People
- probably Yup'ik (Yupik) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Collector
- Harold W. Averill (H. W. Averill), Non-Indian, 1885-ca. 1935
- Seller
- Harold W. Averill (H. W. Averill), Non-Indian, 1885-ca. 1935
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Object Name
- Harpoon head
- Media/Materials
- Stone, animal bone
- Techniques
- Ground, carved, incised
- Place
- Old village site 7 miles above Kuskokwim River; Quinhagak River; Calista Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- See related items
- Yup'ik (Yupik) (archaeological)
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
- Record ID
- NMAI_163129
