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Object Number 13-52-10/88541
Display Title Bird arrow heads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Arrow heads, carved bone, 2 slit and 2 hollowed for hafting, blades missing
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Qayaigsigvigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Smyth, Point Barrow, vicinity of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 6.5 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm (2 9/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 88541
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)

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