Engineering:Kakivak
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Short description: Long weapon used in spear fishing
A kakivak is a leister used by Inuit for spear fishing and fishing at short range. It is comparable to a harpoon or a trident in function and shape. The kakivak is notable for its tip's design, which has three prongs, the outer which have their own teeth which point at the centre prong.[1] The teeth are to hold the meat on to the main blade to stop it from falling.[2]
Usage of the kakivak was apparently not restricted to Inuit, as copies were also utilized by Norse settlers.[3]
Construction
The kakivak is made of ivory, bone, or antler for the spear, and driftwood, sticks, or rock for the handle.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "fish-spear". https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/E_Am2003-07-4.
- ↑ "The tools of our survival". Avataq Cultural Institute. http://www.avataq.qc.ca/en/Nunavimmiuts/node_1723/node_1762.
- ↑ "Cultures, Borders, and Basques: Archaeological Surveys on Quebec's Lower North Shore". p. 6. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/16349/anth_tuck_fest_paper_edit.pdf.
- ↑ "Season 1". Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. https://www.aptn.ca/uakallanga/episode-guide/season-1/.
- ↑ Rowley, Graham (2007). Cold Comfort: My Love Affair With The Arctic (Second ed.). Montreal: McGill–Queen's University Press. pp. 134, 300. ISBN 9780773530058.
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