Harpoon head
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 500–1000
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Dorset Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
label: Previous owner
content: Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
label: Seller
content: Claude Vigneau, Non-Indian, 1881-1966
label: MAI agent
content: Dr. Frank G. Speck (Frank Gouldsmith Speck/F.G. Speck/FGS), Non-Indian, 1881-1950
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1922 or 1923 by Claude Vigneau (1881-1966), who served aboard the Arctic patrol ship "C.G.S. Arctic" from 1908 until at least 1923; purchased by MAI from Claude Vigneau in 1924 through anthropologist Frank G. Speck (1881-1950).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Ellesmere Island; Qikiqtaaluk Region (Qitirmiut, Baffin); Nunavut; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Ellesmere Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Queen Elizabeth Islands
setName: label: See related items
content: Dorset Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 12/7232
label: Barcode
content: 127232.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Harpoon head
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone
label: Techniques
content: Perforated, carved