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Bone or horn spear point with two rows of small barbs
Bone or horn spear point with two rows of small barbs
Object Number 13-34-10/85244
Display Title Bone or horn spear point with two rows of small barbs
Descriptions
Object Description Bone or horn spear point with two rows of small barbs
Inventory Description Harpoon point, carved horn, triangular with 2 serrated rows, grooved, chipped
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Horn
Dimensions Overall: 26.3 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (10 3/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85244
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Grace A. Nicholson (1913)

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