Winged object used as stabilizers on harpoon shafts
Title

Winged object used as stabilizers on harpoon shafts

Caption

Winged object used as stabilizers on harpoon shafts, The bird like aspect of the design transformed the harpoon into a swift bird of prey, while details alluded to fearsome spirits called tunghak. USA. Old Bering Sea. 250 BC 100 AD. Found on Diomede Island.

Info+

Werner Forman Archive/ Jeffrey F. Myers collection

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

Reference

UMG12A33_196

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No

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