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Object Number
94-57-10/R18
Display Title
Toggling harpoon head, bone and slate. Concordal body flattened laterally.
Descriptions
Object Description
Toggling harpoon head, bone and slate. Concordal body flattened laterally.
Inventory Description
Harpoon point, slate point hafted to carved perforated bone head
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1894
Culture
- North Alaska Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Bone, Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm (3 1/8 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
R\18
Provenance
Collector
Frederick H. Rindge
(?)
Donor
Frederick H. Rindge
(1894)
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