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Object Number
13-52-10/87939
Display Title
Harpoon heads
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Projectile point, carved bone, perforated, efflorescing
Classification
- Projectile Point
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 5.7 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm (2 1/4 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87939
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1911-1912)
Donor
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1913)
Donor
John B. Stetson, Jr.
(1913)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Alaska
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|
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| |
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Alaska
| |
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| |
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Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 13-52-10/87939.1 | Harpoon heads. |
Raw Material
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| |
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|
Alaska
| |
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Harpoon
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Washington
| |
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|
Utah
| |
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