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Slate spear point
Object Number 88-51-10/50001
Display Title Slate spear point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Slate projectile point, stemmed, thicker in center.
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Aglurmiut?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Igajik
Materials Slate
Dimensions Overall: 12.3 x 4.6 x 0.7 cm (4 13/16 x 1 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50001; 66.; (127752); Igiagck/ Alaska; Aglurmiut/ July 30/#5
Provenance
Collector W. J. Fisher (1885)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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