Katmai Harpoon Point
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Katmai Harpoon Point
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Published 2018-12-12T19:43:20+00:00
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This is an ancestral bilaterally barbed harpoon point from the coast of Katmai National Park and Preserve on the Alaska Peninsula. Ancestral Alutiit used these harpoons to harvest sea mammals. The triangular hole indicates a long, leather line likely attached this harpoon head to a sealskin float. The socketed base of this harpoon head demonstrates a compression fit kept this harpoon head in the shaft until it was driven into the animal.
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This object is scanned by Alaska National Parks Geology
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Date published | 12/12/2018 |
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Title | Katmai Harpoon Point |
Dimension | 12cm |
Artist | Unknown artist |
Place | National Park and Preserve Alaska |
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