Harpoon head
name: label: Culture/People
content: possibly Yup'ik (Yupik) or Iñupiaq (attributed)
label: Expedition leader
content: Robert E. Peary (Robert Edwin Peary), Non-Indian, 1856-1920
label: Previous owner
content: Daniel B. Austin (Dan Austin/Daniel Berry Austin), Non-Indian, 1863-1956
label: Previous owner
content: Roy Latham, Non-Indian, 1881-1979
label: Previous owner
content: New York State Archaeological Association Museum (Southold Indian Museum), 1925-
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected in 1891 by members of the Peary Expedition, led by Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary (1856-1920); purchased at a sale of objects from the Peary Expedition at the First Sportsman's Show (Madison Square Garden, New York City) in 1895 by Daniel Berry Austin (1863-1956, a Standard Oil employee who collected many kinds of items); given by Daniel Austin to amateur naturalist Roy Latham (1881-1979) at an unknown date; donated by Roy Latham to the New York State Archaeological Association Museum (the Southold Indian Museum, Southold, New York), possibly in 1969; acquired by MAI in 1974 through an exchange with the New York State Archaeological Association Museum.
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Yup'ik (Yupik)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/127
label: Barcode
content: 250127.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Harpoon head
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone, iron point
label: Techniques
content: Perforated