Butt end of spear used for ice chisel

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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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