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Beaver spear or harpoon. Point and barb of bone inserted loosely in end.
Beaver spear or harpoon. Point and barb of bone inserted loosely in end.
Object Number 15-36-10/86467
Display Title Beaver spear or harpoon. Point and barb of bone inserted loosely in end.
Descriptions
Object Description Beaver spear or harpoon. Point and barb of bone inserted loosely in end.
Inventory Description Harpoon, wood shaft with vegetable fiber cord, 3-barbed point of bone, cracked
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Wood Bone Indian hemp
Dimensions Overall: 145.3 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm (57 3/16 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86467
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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