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Object Number
94-25-10/52380
Display Title
Large seal float for harpoon line
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Float, skin, 2 paws attached, 2 bone plugs, sinew bound handle?
Classification
- Float
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Greenland, north; Whale Sound
Materials
Skin, Hide, Sinew, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 95.5 x 57.5 x 9 cm (37 5/8 x 22 5/8 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52380
Provenance
Provenance
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
(1892)
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PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
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| 94-25-10/52382 | Toggle head, line, and float for seal harpoon |
Float
|
Greenland
| |
| 97-17-10/51091 | Seal-skin float for harpoon 97-17-10/51090 |
Float
|
Labrador
| |
| 23-21-10/97986.1 | Lance, dart-harpoon for throwing stick, harpoon and floats |
Float
|
Greenland
| |
| 69-30-10/1705 | Seal float |
Float
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1704 | Seal float |
Float
|
Alaska
| |
Media Restricted
| 01-16-10/57022 | Seal float |
Shaft, modified
Float |
Alaska
| |
| 18-9-10/87304 | Whale float of seal skin |
Float
|
Washington
| |
| 17-17-10/87169 | Halibut float, hair-seal bladder inflated; prowhuns |
Float
|
Yilis?
| |
| 72-20-10/7101 | Bladder float |
Float
|
United States
| |
| 17-59-30/F77 | Float belonging with harpoon F-65 |
Float
|
Brazil
| |
| 41-33-10/23483 | Float of intestine with point attached |
Float
|
Greenland
| |
| 33-32-70/97 | Fish line and float |
Float
|
Nauru Island
|