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Object Number
17-17-10/87160
Display Title
Salmon spear points; mes
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Mes
Object Description
Salmon spear points; mes
Inventory Description
Harpoon point, metal and carved wood point, lashed with leather/fiber cord
Classification
- Harpoon
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
Leather, Metal, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 11.3 x 3 x 1.7 cm (4 7/16 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87160
Provenance
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1917)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-21-10/76658 | Points for salmon spear, modern form of old type |
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California
| |
| 08-1-10/73793 | Part of salmon spear |
Harpoon
|
Canada
| |
| 87-15-10/45768 | Point of salmon spear |
Harpoon
|
British Columbia
| |
| 04-28-10/63488 | Point for salmon harpoon |
Harpoon
|
California
| |
| 11-60-10/84026 | Harpoon point for salmon |
Harpoon
|
California
| |
| 10-21-10/76606 | Harpoon points |
Harpoon
|
California
| |
| 05-7-10/65533 | Barbed point for salmon spear |
Spear
|
California
| |
| 97-17-10/51092 | Salmon spear |
Spear
|
Labrador
| |
| 2016.7.1.3590 | Vendors carrying portable warung |
Bali
| ||
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Image Not Available
for Sherds
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CC 266
| ||
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for Sherds
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CC 287
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