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Harpoon head and leaders
Harpoon head and leaders
Object Number 88-51-10/50347
Display Title Harpoon head and leaders
Descriptions
Object Description Harpoon head and leaders
Inventory Description Projectile points, metal points, ivory scokets, incised, on rawhide
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Utqiaguigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Materials Metal, Ivory, Rawhide
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 3.3 x 4.7 cm (14 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 50347a/ 50347b/ 89759/ P.H. Ray, USA/ 1883/ 89768/ Ooglaamie, 1883
Provenance
Collector Lt. P. H. Ray (1883)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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