Barbed point for salmon spear

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Object Number 05-7-10/65533

Display Title Barbed point for salmon spear

Descriptions

Inventory Description Spearpoint, carved antler, barbed, lashed to fiber cord line with fiber cord

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Wailaki

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / California

Materials Fiber cord, Antler, Resin

Dimensions Overall: 11.6 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm (4 9/16 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 65533

Provenance

Collector Grace A. Nicholson

Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1905)

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