Item X 38131 Wa-pitha tush | Harpoon. Yaghan. Rio Douglas, Navarino Island, Magallanes, Chilean Antarctic, Chile. pre 1929

Summary

Wa-pitha tush [hueso de ballena] Cabeza de arpón encontrada por el antropólogo australiano, Sir Walter Baldwin Spencer o sus asistentes de campo Yaghanes, An-ma-tsing-this [George] y su esposa Shu-maui-naua-laka-kipa, 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 Yaghan field assistants, An-ma-tsing-this [George] and his wife Shu-maui-naua-laka-kipa, 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. The tip is broken.