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Object Number
13-52-10/87946
Display Title
Unfinished harpoon head
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon head, carved bone, perforated, incised marks for slit (not cut through)
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 19.7 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm (7 3/4 x 1 11/16 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87946
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1911-1912)
Donor
John B. Stetson, Jr.
(1913)
Donor
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1913)
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