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Antler rest for harpoon
Object Number 97-17-10/51166
Display Title Antler rest for harpoon
Descriptions
Object Description Antler rest for harpoon
Inventory Description Hook, carved antler, 3 prongs, 1 worked to point and 1 grooved, notched, perfora
Classification
  • Hook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / <County> / Hopedale
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 10.7 x 8.1 x 1.4 cm (4 3/16 x 3 3/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51166 & 732
Provenance
Provenance Jewell D. Sornborger (1897)

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