Bone harpoon

Mediumbone

Dimensions3/4 × 3 in. (1.9 × 7.6 cm)

Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer

Object number2001.100.1919

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionRemnant of a bone harpoon tip? Wedge-shaped piece of bone with holes drilled in it and with thin rope or sinew tied through and wound around the thin end of the wedge. Wedge also marked with striations created by a knife. Shaft piece broken in half and snapped off ca. 1" from the wedge.

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