Place MadeArgentina_Province of Tierra del Fuego
Title
Fuegian harpoon point
Mediumwhale skeletal bone
Dimensions1 × 1/4 × 8 1/8 in. (2.5 × 0.6 × 20.6 cm)
Object number1973.35.64
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPanbone, classic single-barb shape. Ref: W.O. Oldman, Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens, No. 67, London, n.d., "Tierra del Fuego," #8 and #9.Panbone hunting implements from Tierra del Fuego: Bird spears: 00.200.104, 00, 2001.100.1965 (=S-1625), 2001.100.1965 (=S-1626). Harpoon points: 2001.100.1966 (=S-1627), 2001.100.1968 (=S-1628), 2001.100.1380 (=S-1888), and 1973.35.64. Model of a full-rigged Fuegian harpoon: 2001.100.1969 (=S-1629).ProvenanceHilton (antiques dealer), Marion, Mass.; purchased by Charles F. Batchelder, Jan. 1946, $3.00 (evidently believing it to be an item).
On View
On view
Circa 18th Century-19th Century
J. & C. Walker
