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Record 1 2002-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
CONT

Harpoon heads could have stone, antler, ivory, shell or metal blades that allowed deep penetration.

CONT

A harpon was used to hunt the sea mammals ... This weapon consists of a blade of bone, stone, or in later times, iron, a harpoon head and foreshaft of ivory or antler, a long shaft and a sturdy line.

OBS

The point of a harpoon of flaked stone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
DEF

Croc formant l'extrémité d'un harpon.

Spanish

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