Harpoon counterweight

Description

Harpoon counterweight, of fossilised walrus ivory, extensively engraved: North America, USA, Alaska, Bering Strait, St Lawrence Island, Ivetok, Old Bering Sea II Inuit, c. 100 - 300 AD

Museum reference

A.1993.124

Collection

Americas

Object name

Harpoon counterweight

Production information

Unknown
Ivetok, St Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA, North America

Date

c. 100 - 300

Style / Culture

Arctic, Old Bering Sea II

Materials

Fossilised walrus ivory

Physical description

Walrus ivory

Collection place(s)

Ivetok, St Lawrence Island, Alaska, USA, North America

Associations

Finder: Toolia

Exhibitions

• Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Prehistoric Eskimo Ivories; catalogue of the exhibition at Daedalus Ancient Art, New York, 1992, item #6

On display

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