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Object Number 08-1-10/73793
Display Title Part of salmon spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon, carved wood handle, metal point, bone tines, sinew lashed
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Dimensions Overall: 50.4 x 10.8 x 2.5 cm (19 13/16 x 4 1/4 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 08-1-10/73793
Provenance
Provenance Dr. John Bryant (1908)

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