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a seven inch fragment of an Inuit soapstone pot recovered at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada
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Inuit Soapstone Pot

For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologists have been investigating an...
A researcher holds a maritime archaic point made of ramah chert that was found at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2011
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Ancient Maritime Archaic Indian Point

Smithsonian surveys along the lower north shore of Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada...
This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable catch.
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Whalers in the early 1800s

This illustration shows whalers of the early 1800s with their highly profitable...
Whalers harpoon a right whale
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Harpooning Whales

Whalers harpoon a right whale in this 1856 Currier & Ives print. ...
During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three shown beside it.
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Inupiat Harpoon Box

During whale hunts, this carved whale box stored harpoon blades like the three...
Close-up of a 17th century painting shows how whales were brought ashore for processing and their blubber rendered into marketable oil.
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Basque Whalers

Close-up of a 17th century painting shows how whales were brought ashore for...
In the 19th century, many women wore tight corsets that were stiffened with stays made from baleen.
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Whale Products in Fashion

In the 19th century, "whalebone" was an important fashion tool—however, it wasn't...
North Atlantic right whales were long hunted for their baleen—the fringed plates hanging in their mouths that they use to strain the seawater for food. Baleen was used in a number of consumer products, such as corsets.
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Whale Baleen from a Dead Whale

Whalers hunted right whales for their blubber, which could be turned into oil to...
Yankee Whalers: An 1856 Currier & Ives print shows whalers harpooning a right whale.
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The “Right” Whale to Hunt

Yankee Whalers: An 1856 Currier & Ives print shows whalers harpooning a right...
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