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Object Number
97-17-10/51189
Display Title
Lance foreshaft with iron head
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon, carved ivory foreshaft and ovate metal point hafted with metal studs
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Newfoundland and Labrador
/
<County>
/
<City>
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Okak
Materials
Ivory, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 41.2 x 5.4 x 2.6 cm (16 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51189
Provenance
Provenance
Jewell D. Sornborger
(1897)
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