ALASKAN 

(Siberian-Yupik Eskimo)

THRUSTING LANCES

Used in the hunting of: Whale, Polar Bear and Deer

 

YUPUK-ESKIMO

Length: 2.187"

Thickness: .326"

Point width: 1.271"

Base Length: .744"

Base width: .904"

Lithic Comp.:  Green Chert

Northern Archaic tradition

 

LINK TO A HAFTED LANCE

 

   

Length: 3.95"

Thickness: .58"

Point width: 2.5"

Base Length: 1.3"

Base width: 1.6"

Lithic Comp.: Dark Chalcedony

This Beauty does not have a snapped base

Base: Cortex

YUPUK-ESKIMO

Length: 2.19"

Thickness: .25"

Point width: 1.04"

Base Length: .62"

Base width: .63"

Lithic Comp.: Dark-Gray Chert

   

ALEUT

Length: 2.2"

Thickness: .34"

Point width: 1.2"

Base Length: .76"

Base width: .69"

Lithic Comp.:  Basalt

   

Length: 1.8"

Thickness: .25"

Point width: 1.2"

Base Length: .67"

Base width: .83"

Lithic Comp.: Nephrite
St Law. Is. Point
Polished and Flaked

   

Length: 2.02 "

Thickness: .23"

Point width: 1.18"

Base Length: .58"

Base width: .79"

Lithic Comp.:

Ground and Polished Slate

   

Seal Lance

Length: 2.07"

Thickness: .32"

Point width: 1.1"

Base Length: .63"

Base width: .68"

Lithic Comp.: Gray Chert

   

Deer Lance

Length: 2.2"

Thickness: .37"

Point width: 1.1"

Base Length: .77"

Base width: .81"

Lithic Comp.: Chalcedony

 
   

Deer or Bear Lance

Length: 2.95"

Thickness: .33"

Blade width: 1.45"

Lithic Comp.: Black Chert

   

Length: 3.17"

Thickness: .40"

Blade width: .80"

Lithic Comp.: Black Chert

 

 

 

Whale Harpoon

Length: 3.5"

Thickness: .35"

Blade width: 1.8"

Lithic Comp.: Black Chert

 

 

Seal Lance

Length: 1.84"

Thickness: .22"

Blade width: .98"

Lithic Comp.: Black Chert

St. Lawrence Island