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Harpoon head, bone and greenstone. Body base cut at sharp angle, creating barb.
Harpoon head, bone and greenstone. Body base cut at sharp angle, creating barb.
Object Number 94-57-10/R21
Display Title Harpoon head, bone and greenstone. Body base cut at sharp angle, creating barb.
Descriptions
Object Description Harpoon head, bone and greenstone. Body base cut at sharp angle, creating barb.
Inventory Description Harpoon point, ground stone point hafted to carved 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: 12 x 2.6 x 2.8 cm (4 3/4 x 1 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R/21
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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