This piece is an important Old Bering Sea Harpoon Point that illustrates all the best features of a pivoting Eskimo harpoon point. It is exquisitely engraved to show overlapping anthropomohic forms, in this case a seabird with a fish in its beak, a carving with eyes that act as the "power points" which lent the object shamanistic powers to simultaneously aid the hunters and praise the prey.

The invention of the pivoting harpoon point by ancient hunters from the Old Bering Sea period was their single most important technical advancement. It allowed the development of organized, predictable hunting for large sea mammals, such as seal, walrus and whales, establishing the foundation for a stable and flourishing culture.