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A
harpoon
is a long
spear
-like
projectile
used in
fishing
,
whaling
,
sealing
, and other
hunting
activities to shoot, kill, and capture large
fish
or
marine mammals
such as
seals
,
sea cows
and
whales
. This photograph shows two views of a 19th-century
Inuit
harpoon, known as an
unaaq
in
Inuktitut
, from
Labrador
in present-day Canada.
Photograph credit:
Didier Descouens
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