Harpoon Point with Fine Incised Lines and Threading Holes

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of the Americas

c. 900 CE

Carver unknown (Punuk)
Kitneapaluk, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Culture: Punuk
Title: Harpoon Point with Fine Incised Lines and Threading Holes
Place: Alaska (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 850 CE–950 CE
Medium: Walrus ivory
Dimensions: 9.1 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm (3 5/8 × 1 × 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Kate S. Buckingham Endowment Fund
Reference Number: 1961.572
IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.: https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/124838/manifest.json

Whitney Halstead, Ulu/Inua: Form and Fantasy in Eskimo Art, exh, cat. (1974), cat. 50.
Evan M. Maurer, The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1977), 330, cat. 530 (ill.).

Highland Park, IL, Casino Gallery, Ravinia Park, Ulu/Inua: Form and Fantasy in Eskimo Art, curated by Whitney Halstead, SAIC, June 30, 1974–Aug. 17, 1974, cat. 50.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art, July 16–Oct. 30, 1977, cat. 530.

Norman Potosky (1920–2007) and Romayne Potosky (1917–2016; born Romayne Liverpool; formerly Romayne Moore), Anchorage, AK, from between 1944 and 1947 [this and the following according to email from Denver Museum of Art, April 7, 2022, copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Denver Art Museum, CO, 1949 [DAM inventory 2053-5; incoming receipt, RX3502, Mar. 30, 1961; copy in curatorial object file]; by exchange to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1961.

Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email . Information about image downloads and licensing is available here.

Suggested Terms

Harpoon Point with Fine Incised Lines and Threading Holes

Currently Off View

Date:

Artist:

About this artwork

Status

Department

Culture

Title

Place

Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Medium

Dimensions

Credit Line

Reference Number

IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.

Extended information about this artwork

Publication History

Exhibition History

Provenance

Share

Explore Further

Sign up for our enewsletter to receive updates.

Gallery actions

Image actions

Share

IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world.

Learn more.