Harpoon

Date1850-1902

MediumWood, bone

ClassificationsAgriculture/subsistence

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Object numberC03234

DescriptionModel of a harpoon, made of wood with a bone head.

Small wooden models were most often used as children's toys or sold to tourists when Inuit art became popular collector's items. Harpoon models from Greenland are found in many collections and in many different styles and date from the early 1900s.

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