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Harpoon counterweight,
100–400 CE

Okvik/OBS I

1997-238

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Title

Harpoon counterweight

Dates

100–400 CE

Medium

Walrus ivory

Dimensions

h. 5.0 cm., l. 15.2 cm., d. 2.2 cm. (1 15/16 x 6 x 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950, Eskimo Bone and Ivory Carving Collection

Object Number

1997-238

Place Excavated

North America, United States, Alaska, Provenance unknown

Culture

Old Bering Sea

Type

weights, harpoons, ivories

Materials

ivory

Subject

hunting

"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1997," in "A Window into Collecting American Folk Art: The Edward Duff Balken Collection at Princeton," special issue, <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 57, no. 1/2 (1998): p. 164-208., pp. 172–173 (illus.)

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Okvik/OBS I, 100–400 CE, Alaska, Provenance unknown, United States, Arctic, Harpoon counterweight. Walrus ivory; 5 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm. The Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950, Eskimo Bone and Ivory Carving Collection (1997-238) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/37960

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