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Harpoon with ivory foreshaft
Harpoon with ivory foreshaft
Object Number 93-14-10/50441
Display Title Harpoon with ivory foreshaft
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon, ivory point, squared wood shaft, leather wrapped
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms North; Polar
Materials Wood , Bone , Ivory , Bearded Seal skin
Dimensions Overall: 166 x 6.4 x 3.3 cm (65 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 93-14-10/50441
Provenance
Provenance Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1892)

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