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Points for salmon spear, modern form of old type
Points for salmon spear, modern form of old type
Object Number 10-21-10/76658
Display Title Points for salmon spear, modern form of old type
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon points, metal points inserted in wood tubes coated w/ pitch, fiber cord
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Wintu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Additional Geographic Terms Baird
Materials Fiber cord, Wood, Metal, Pitch?, Resin?
Dimensions Overall: 8.8 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (3 7/16 x 7/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76658
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1910 (1907?) - 1910)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1910 - 1910)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (1910 (1907?) - 1910)
Intermediary Billy Smithson (1910)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1910 - 1910)

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