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Large seal float for harpoon line
Large seal float for harpoon line
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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