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Object Number
09-27-30/75007
Display Title
Harpoon point
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon point, carved bone, long, cutout barb on each side, paddle-like end
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yahgan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Chile
Additional Geographic Terms
Rio Douglas; Nararin I.
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 50.4 x 3.7 x 1.3 cm (19 13/16 x 1 7/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75007 & J W Nathan (scribbled in pencil)
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