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Object Number 98-18-10/51949
Display Title Small slate-pointed lance
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, slate projectile point, broken, lashed to shaft, painted blue
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 89.8 x 4 x 2.5 cm (35 3/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98-18-10/51949
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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