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Object Number 97-17-10/51129
Display Title Toggle-headed harpoon points
Descriptions
Object Description Toggle-headed harpoon points
Inventory Description Harpoon head, carved ivory, deteriorated, perofrated, point missing, splitting
Classification
  • Harpoon point
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / <County> / Hebron
Intrasite Grave
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 9.7 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm (3 13/16 x 15/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51129
Provenance
Provenance Jewell D. Sornborger (1897)

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