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Slate spear point, engraved
Object Number 88-51-10/50008
Display Title Slate spear point, engraved
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, engraved on both sides, one end sharpened
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Kodiak Island Borough
Materials Stone
Quantity 1
Label on object 50008 & 90389 [crossed out] & Kodiak
Provenance
Collector W. J. Fisher
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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