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Object Number 13-52-10/87935
Display Title Bone arrow points
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon points, carved bone, 1 to 3 barbs, incised
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 17.7 x 1.3 x 0.7 cm (6 15/16 x 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 87935
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)

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