Harpoon Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Jan 1884
name: label: Collector
content: Lucien M. Turner
label: Donor Name
content: Lucien M. Turner
notes: label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 246 in Turner, Lucien M., Scott A. Heyes, and K. M. Helgen. 2014. Mammals of Ungava & Labrador: the 1882-1884 fieldnotes of Lucien M. Turner together with Inuit and Innu knowledge. Identified there: "Harpoon tip ... probably made from walrus ivory. Ivory is stronger than plastic and other manufactured materials, which become brittle in the cold. Walrus and narwhal ivory are still used today by Inuit mushers as hinges, toggles, and tie-off points due to thier ruggedness and strength in cold conditions. Collected by Turner at Ft. Chimo, 9 January 1884."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ungava Bay, Quebec, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013922
label: USNM Number
content: E90220-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Harpoon