![Wa-pitha tush [whale bone] harpoon head collected from a kitchen midden on the shore of Rio Douglas, Navarino Island, May 1929.](/content/media/40/1220240-small.jpg)
![Wa-pitha tush [whale bone] harpoon head collected from a kitchen midden on the shore of Rio Douglas, Navarino Island, May 1929.](/content/media/40/1220240-thumbnail.jpg)
![Wa-pitha tush [whale bone] harpoon head collected from a kitchen midden on the shore of Rio Douglas, Navarino Island, May 1929.](/content/media/42/1220242-thumbnail.jpg)
Summary
Wa-pitha tush [hueso de ballena] Cabeza de arpón encontrada por el antropólogo australiano, Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer o su secretaria y asistente de campo, la Sra. Jean Hamilton, en un muladar de cocina en la costa de Río Douglas, Isla Navarino, Mayo de 1929.
Wa-pitha tush [whale bone] harpoon head found by Australian anthropologist, Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer or his secretary and field assistant, Ms Jean Hamilton, in a kitchen midden on the shore of Rio Douglas, Navarino Island, May 1929.
Local Name
Wa-pitha tush
Physical Description
Made from whale bone with a single barb.
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Harpoon
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Locality
Rio Douglas, Navarino Island, Magallanes, Chilean Antarctic, Chile
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Object Measurements
259 mm (Length), 32 mm (Width), 11 mm (Height)
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