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Object Number 93-14-10/50443
Display Title Lance
Descriptions
Object Description Lance
Inventory Description Spear, iron spear point, wood and ivory shaft, leather ties
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Lance
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms North; Polar
Dimensions Overall: 145 x 6.3 x 3.9 cm (57 1/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 93-14-10/50443
Credit Line Gift of Robert E. Peary, 1893
Provenance
Provenance Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1892)

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