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Object Number
98-18-10/51946
Display Title
Bird dart
Descriptions
Object Description
Bird dart
Inventory Description
Spear, barbed ivory tip, trident at side lashed on wood shaft
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials
Wood, Bone, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 141.5 x 6.9 x 1.5 cm (55 11/16 x 2 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
98-18-10/51946
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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