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Object Number 98-18-10/52166
Display Title Model of whale lances
Descriptions
Object Description Model of whale lances
Inventory Description Harpoons, jointed, ivory point, incised, wood socket and shaft, painted
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
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: 39.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm (15 9/16 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 52166/ 114
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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Wood spears or lances with metal tips, 1 spear or lance of metal.
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