2005.30.4, harpoon head of bone and jadeite
Ipiutak culture (roughly 100 B.C.–A.D. 800)
Frank Hibben collections
Photograph by B. Bernard
This harpoon head is damaged but the elaborate engraving can still be appreciated, and bits of the original stone blades are still visible.
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