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Image Not Available for Butt end of spear used for ice chisel
Butt end of spear used for ice chisel
Image Not Available for Butt end of spear used for ice chisel
Object Number 13-52-10/88594
Display Title Butt end of spear used for ice chisel
Descriptions
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)

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