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Object Number
07-8-10/75323
Display Title
Fish spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, metal needle inserted in wood shaft
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kotzebue Sound
Materials
Wood, Metal, Plant fiber, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 170 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (66 15/16 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
07-8-10/75323
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1907)
Expedition
Anglo-American Polar Expedition
(1907)
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