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Bone ?
Object Number 13-52-10/87947
Display Title Bone ?
Descriptions
Object Description Bone ?
Inventory Description Harpoon head, carved bne, worked to a point, large slit for hafting
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 9.8 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm (3 7/8 x 1 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87947
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)

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