tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post7603942204228259012..comments2024-03-18T11:38:13.384-02:30Comments on Elfshot: Dorset Lance Head - There, I Fixed It...Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11473674521424237610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-38379498734125959562013-11-27T12:59:33.149-03:302013-11-27T12:59:33.149-03:30Interesting ideas. I suspect that the line holes ...Interesting ideas. I suspect that the line holes may have served one or two purposes. They seem undersized for trying to hold a struggling caribou, but a trailing line may have helped with recovery of the lance head. It also seems plausible that they were there to help secure the lance head to the main lance shaft during hunting. Part of the function of harpoon lines is to securely attach the harpoon head to the foreshaft and mainshaft while the harpoon is being thrust or thrown. <br /><br />I agree that the line and general design have an ice/water feel to them. The Inuit certainly hunted caribou from kayaks in open water. Dorset evidence for kayaks is more limited, but its not impossible that they were also hunting caribou from watercraft.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473674521424237610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5086026991280831425.post-28965435982471216302013-11-27T11:48:58.929-03:302013-11-27T11:48:58.929-03:30Beautiful work. Is it possible though that the lin...Beautiful work. Is it possible though that the line holes indicate that the same heads were multi-purpose? That they may have been used to suit several species-hunting applications and that the use of a line wasn't part of the caribou procedure but intended to allow the same head to be employed with other game...? A recovery/tether line suggests ice/water applications.Mikenoreply@blogger.com