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Hair seal spear, fir shaft, hard hack prongs; mastu
Hair seal spear, fir shaft, hard hack prongs; mastu
Object Number 17-17-10/87159
Display Title Hair seal spear, fir shaft, hard hack prongs; mastu
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mastu
Object Description Hair seal spear, fir shaft, hard hack prongs; mastu
Inventory Description Spear, cut in half, one end with pronged wood with barbed metal points, detached
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I
Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound
Materials Wood, Sinew, Leather, Metal, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 269 x 6.2 x 3.1 cm (105 7/8 x 2 7/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 17-17-10/87159
Provenance
Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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