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Object Number
35-122-30/1265
Display Title
Whalebone fish spearhead
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon point, carved bone, multiserra- ted 1 side, ending with notches
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yahgan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
South America
Additional Geographic Terms
Tierra del Fuego
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 38.5 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm (15 3/16 x 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
35-122-30\ 1265
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| 35-122-30/1266 | Whalebone fish spearhead |
Harpoon
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South America
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| 35-122-30/1267 | Whalebone fish spearhead |
Harpoon
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South America
| |
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Harpoon
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South America
| |
| 09-27-30/75009 | Single serrated fish and bird spear |
Harpoon
|
Chile
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for Fish hook, stone sinker and whalebone leader
| 88-51-10/50268 | Fish hook, stone sinker and whalebone leader |
Sledge Island
| ||
| 09-27-30/75010 | Double serrated fish and bird spear |
Harpoon
|
Chile
| |
| 995-29-10/73484 | Carved whalebone scene of two men hunting polar bears |
Sculpture
|
Canada
| |
| 04-10-10/64241 | Spear for small fish |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 18-8-10/87283 | End of fish spear |
Harpoon
|
Canada
| |
| 32-20-10/48 | Whalebone harpoon head with slate lance |
Tools
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Alaska
| |
| 32-20-10/35 | Whalebone harpoon head without lance |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 00-4-10/55167 | Whalebone club |
Raw Material
Club |
United States
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