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Object Number
13-52-10/88603
Display Title
Parts of harpoon heads
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon heads, carved bone or antler, slit for hafting point, perforated
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?, Antler?
Dimensions
Overall: 9.8 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm (3 7/8 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
88603
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1911-1912)
Donor
John B. Stetson, Jr.
(1913)
Donor
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1913)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| |
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|
North Slope Burough
| |
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Harpoon
|
Washington
| |
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Harpoon
|
Siberia
| |
| 27-5-10/D3016 | Harpoon head |
Harpoon
|
North America
| |
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Harpoon
|
North Slope Burough
| |
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Harpoon
|
North Slope Burough
| |
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Harpoon
|
Siberia
| |
| 67-24-10/633 | Heads of seal spears |
Harpoon
|
Canada
| |
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Harpoon
|
Canada
| |
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Harpoon
|
Siberia
|