Hunterian Museum Object 105918: GLAHM:B.1914.641 - HARPOON, "Dug up off fort in Kirkwall Bay", Kirkwall Bay, Orkney,
Description
- Description
- Harpoon head; Inuit barbed harpoon head of Greenland type, made of ivory with an iron point and rivet; there is a socket for the foreshaft, a lateral hole for the leather line and two wedge-shaped barbs at the base.
- Object Number
- GLAHM:B.1914.641
- Object Name/Type(s)
- harpoon
- Material
- ivory; iron
Dimensions
- Height
- 100 mm
- Width
- 33 mm
Provenance & Acquisition
- Collection / Collected By
- None recorded.
- Collection Method
- None recorded.
- Locality
- "Dug up off fort in Kirkwall Bay", Kirkwall Bay, Orkney,, Scotland
- Acquisition
- Mr Andrew Henderson Bishop (Donor) 1914
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