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Object Number
09-8-10/74526
Display Title
White whale lance head
Descriptions
Object Description
White whale lance head. For killing beluga whale. It was probably attached to a a longer shaft.
Inventory Description
Harpoon or arrow, chipped stone point, wood shaft, broken/split, sinew lashing
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Stone, Wood, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 28.1 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm (11 1/16 x 15/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
74526; 2/L/700
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(01/01/1909)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50224 | Beluga or white whale lance head-headed with chipped glass |
Harpoon
|
Cape Darby
| |
| 88-51-10/50202 | Beluga or white whale lance-head |
Harpoon
|
Unalakleet
| |
| 88-51-10/50313 | Beluga or white whale lance heads and case |
Harpoon
|
Port Clarence
| |
| 88-51-10/50162 | Beluga or white whale lance head |
Harpoon
|
Anvik
| |
| 98-18-10/52084 | Beluga or white whale lancehead |
Harpoon
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52085 | Beluga or white whale lancehead |
Harpoon
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50209 | Beluga or white whale lance-head, slate blade/point |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R16 | Beluga lance heads of transluscent beige chert. Darts for throwing board. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 94-57-10/R17 | Beluga lance heads. Made of ground slate, wood, boleen. Lanceolate-shaped point. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50249 | Beluga lance head, glass point |
Harpoon
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52166 | Model of whale lances |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50346 | Whale harpoon head and leader |
Harpoon
|
North Slope Burough
|