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Object Number 98-18-10/51942
Display Title Harpoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon, bone points both ends, arrow with metal blade detached
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 219 x 4.5 x 4.2 cm (86 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 98-18-10/51942
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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