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Object Number
17-11-30/87041
Display Title
Yahgan bone harpoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon head, carved bone, pointed, barbed cutout, tip broken
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yahgan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
/
Chile
/
<State>
/
Beagle Island
South America / Argentina / Tierra del Fuego / Beagle Island
South America / Argentina / Tierra del Fuego / Beagle Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Tierra del Fuego
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 29.1 x 2.6 x 1.8 cm (11 7/16 x 1 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87041/ Native [illegible]
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