Harpoon head with side blades
date: label: Date created
content: probably AD 100–500
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Thule Tradition: Old Bering Sea Stage (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Possible owner
content: George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source (possibly Lieutenant George T. Emmons, 1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) circa 1917.
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place: label: Place
content: Banks Island; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Northwest Territories; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
label: Island Name
content: Banks Island
label: Island Grouping
content: South Canadian Arctic Islands
setName: label: See related items
content: Thule Tradition: Old Bering Sea Stage (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: 6/3871
label: Barcode
content: 063871.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Harpoon head with side blades
label: Media/Materials
content: Walrus Ivory, chert
label: Techniques
content: Carved, incised, flaked/chipped