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Lance foreshaft with iron head
Lance foreshaft with iron head
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> / 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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