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Harpoon point and line
Object Number 93-14-10/50442
Display Title Harpoon point and line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon line/point, metal point hafted to ivory tip attached to coiled leather
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms North; Polar
Materials Leather, Metal, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 48 x 33.7 x 11 cm (18 7/8 x 13 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50442
Provenance
Provenance Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1892)

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