Harpoon

Harpoon

Public Domain

CultureUnknown culture
Titles
  • Harpoon
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
MediumWood, string, and metal
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 × 1/2 × 1/2 in. (8.9 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm)
 Mount: 6 9/16 × 8 7/8 × 3 13/16 in. (16.7 × 22.5 × 9.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2487
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
Provenance[David Bernstein Fine Art, New York, before September 11, 1991] [1]; purchased by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least September 11, 1991–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on September 11, 1991.

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