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Object Number
88-51-10/50007
Display Title
Slate spear point
Descriptions
Object Description
Slate spear point. Boy's arrowhead (first arrow tip).
Inventory Description
Edged tool, biface, stemmed, edges chipped
Classification
- Edged
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th century
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Kodiak Island Borough
Materials
Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 9.8 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm (3 7/8 x 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50007 & 90394 [crossed out] & Kodiak & 40 [crossed out-pencil] & [illegible info
Provenance
Collector
W. J. Fisher
(01/01/1838-01/01/1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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