Broken bone harpoon point

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Object Number 94-34-30/54392

Display Title Broken bone harpoon point

Descriptions

Inventory Description Harpoon point, carved bone, 1 barb each side, paddle-like end, broken point

Classification

Harpoon

Department Archaeological

Culture

Yahgan

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

South America / Chile

Additional Geographic Terms Straits of Magellan

Materials Bone

Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm (4 1/2 x 1 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 54392

Provenance

Expedition A.E. Douglass (1893 - 1894)

Expedition Harvard Astronomical Expedition (1893 - 1894)

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