Harpoon head and foreshaft

Date created
1920-1927
Culture/People
Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]
Collector
Stewart C. Eastwood (S.C. Eastwood), Non-Indian, 1899-1961
Previous owner
Stewart C. Eastwood (S.C. Eastwood), Non-Indian, 1899-1961
Donor
Stewart C. Eastwood (S.C. Eastwood), Non-Indian, 1899-1961
Collection History
Collected in 1927 by Stewart C. Eastwood (1899-1961) while working as an ethnological assistant to photographer Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952); donated to MAI by Stewart Eastwood in 1928.
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Place
Cape Prince of Wales; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
See related items
Iñupiaq [Kinugumiut/Kingegan/Cape Prince of Wales]
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Data Source
National Museum of the American Indian
Catalog Number
16/2552
Barcode
162552.000
Object Type
Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
Object Name
Harpoon head and foreshaft
Media/Materials
Slate, animal bone
Techniques
Ground, carved
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6adc3ff7c-eaeb-4290-ab73-6767932c170b
Record ID
NMAI_174275