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Object Number 90-17-10/48421.1
Display Title Pointed bone implements, serrated
Descriptions
Object Description Pointed bone implements, serrated. Bird spear.
Inventory Description Harpoon point, carved bone, barbed, perforated
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska?
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 26.8 x 1.5 x 0.7 cm (10 9/16 x 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 90-17-10/48421.1
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor American Antiquarian Society (01/01/1890)

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