Winged Object (harpoon counterweight?), 2nd–3rd century, United States, Alaska, Old Bering Sea, Ivory (walrus), W. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm), Bone/Ivory-Implements, For many hundreds of years, the harpoon was essential to the lifeways of the peoples living on either side of the Bering Sea between Siberia and Alaska. As the basis for the hunting of sea mammals, the harpoon went through a long period of development, and the advent of the toggling harpoon in about 1500 B
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