Image: Harpon Unaaq MHNT ETH AC 198

Description: Harpoon called unaaq in the Inuktitut language. Traditional throwing weapon in the Inuit culture; found from Greenland to Alaska. Description: Originally a float (avataq) was at the end of the leather line, which held the head of the spear whose tip is metal. A wooden propeller was associated with this type of weapon she could have a reach of 9 meters. Two views of the same object. Population : Labrador : Canada Collector and collection  : gift - Maurice Gennevaux 1911 Materials: Wood, bone, metal, leather. Size : 172 x 9 x 6 cm
Title: Harpon Unaaq MHNT ETH AC 198
Credit: Own work
Author: Didier Descouens
Permission: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). share alike – If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
License: CC BY-SA 4.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
Attribution Required?: Yes