Collection: Fry

Item Number: Fry0188

Category: Dart

Region: Arctic

Tribe: Eskimo

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Walrus ivory points secured by sinew lashings, to wood shafts

Description: Eskimo darts from Northwest Alaska, made to be thrown with an atlatl, probably by a hunter seated in a kayak. The flared walrus ivory points were designed to strike molting sea birds.

Dimensions: 63" and 45"

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