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Object Number
90-17-10/48422
Display Title
Bone harpoon heads
Descriptions
Object Description
Bone harpoon heads: one fishing spear and one barbed harpoon point
Inventory Description
Harpoon heads, carved bone, 1 barbed, no point, leather attached to both
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska?
Materials
Bone, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 11.7 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm (4 5/8 x 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
48422
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
American Antiquarian Society
(01/01/1890)
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