Harpoon head, ca. 1400 to 1600 AD · Canada, Inuit, Thule (?) · ID: 3038745
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Provenance
Joseph Gerena, New York, USASize
L: 30,5 cm
L: 12.0 inch
Description
bone, split on top for insertion of the harpoon tip, hole in the middle for attachment of the harpoon rope, drilled hole for fitting on the foreshaft, slightly dam.;
as soon as an animal was hit, the harpoon head is separated from the rest of the harpoon. The hunter remains connected to the animal by the harpoon rope.
The object Harpoon head, ca. 1400 to 1600 AD with the object ID 3038745 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 98.
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