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Object Number 97-17-10/51155
Display Title Parts of salmon spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Fishhook, metal nail inserted into worked bone shaft, mended, deteriorated
Classification
  • Tool
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / <County> / Hebron
Intrasite Grave
Additional Geographic Terms Jerusalem Harbor
Materials Bone, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 27 x 1.3 x 3.1 cm (10 5/8 x 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51155
Provenance
Provenance Jewell D. Sornborger (1897)

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