Akakivakis aleisterused byInuitfor spear fishing and fishing at short range. It is comparable to aharpoonor atridentin 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 byNorse settlers.[3]
Construction
editThe kakivak is made of ivory, bone, or antler for the spear, and driftwood, sticks, or rock for the handle.[4][5]
References
edit- ^"fish-spear".Retrieved16 October2021.
- ^"The tools of our survival".www.avataq.qc.ca/.Avataq Cultural Institute.Retrieved22 September2021.
- ^William W. Fitzhugh."Cultures, Borders, and Basques: Archaeological Surveys on Quebec's Lower North Shore"(PDF).Smithstonian Institute Repository.p. 6.Retrieved1 January2023.
- ^"Season 1".www.aptn.ca.Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.Retrieved22 September2021.
- ^Rowley, Graham (2007).Cold Comfort: My Love Affair With The Arctic(Second ed.). Montreal: McGill–Queen's University Press. pp. 134, 300.ISBN9780773530058.