Harpoon, Kayak
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Mar 1996
label: Collection Date
content: 1891 to 1892
name: label: Collector
content: Robert E. Peary
label: Donor Name
content: Kevin P. Shoot
notes: label: Notes
content: HARPOON FORESHAFT OF NARWHAL TUSK LASHED TO WOODEN MAIN SHAFT WITH PLANT FIBER CORD AND SEALSKIN THONG. (FORESHAFT LACKS ITS HARPOON HEAD.) SKIN THONG PASSES THROUGH HOLES IN BOTH THE FORESHAFT AND THE WOODEN SHAFT. CENTRAL FINGER REST OF WOOD. NARWHAL TUSK (APPROX. 82 CM. L) IS BROKEN AT POINT OF ATTACHMENT TO WOODEN SHAFT. ACCORDING TO NMNH ARCTIC PROGRAM ANTHROPOLOGIST STEPHEN LORING, THE HARPOON MAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BY ROBERT E. PEARY, U.S.N., BETWEEN 1891-1892.
label: Notes
content: Harpoon shaft is on display in NMNH exhibit "Narwhal: Revealing an Arctic Legend", 2017 - 2019.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Feb 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Thule District, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, North Greenland Inuit / Inughuit (Polar Eskimo)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409932
label: USNM Number
content: E426558-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 156 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 5 cm
label: Height - Mounted
content: 6.5 cm