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Record Details
- Holdings
- 35mm slide: 17331
- Date of Photo
- 1982
- World Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- State/Province
- Washington
- County/District
- Clallam
- Political Location
- Ozette
- Geographic Location
- Olympic Peninsula
- Archaeological Site Name
- Ozette
- Archaeological Site Number
- 45-Ca-24
- Period
- Late Archaic
- Description
- Whaling harpoon head haying on the cedar bark sheath in which it was found. The harpoon point, made of mussel shell, was held by two bone valves and fastend with sinew to the whaling line. Smaller harpoon heads similar to this type but with bone points were used for hunting seals, and catching salmon. In the case of whale hunting, the harpoon was not meant to kill the animal, but rather to attach seal skin floats. The drag of the floats would exha
- Source Type Detail
- Vendor: Pictures of Record :: vendor_series
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- Collection
- UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
- Image Size
- 4583 x 3126
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 23246
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-23246/23246
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"Whaling harpoon head haying on the cedar bark sheath in which it was found. The harpoon point, made of mussel shell, was held by two bone valves and fastend with sinew to the whaling line. Smaller harpoon heads similar to this type but with bone points were used for hunting seals, and catching salmon. In the case of whale hunting, the harpoon was not meant to kill the animal, but rather to attach seal skin floats. The drag of the floats would exha". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-23246/23246. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 17, 2024.