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Object Number 10-47-10/76822
Display Title Spear thrower
Descriptions
Object Description Spear thrower for hunter.
Inventory Description Tool, wood, handle with grip, hole, grooved both sides, tapering, notched
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Kodiak Island Borough
Materials Wood, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 47.5 x 6.1 x 2.4 cm (18 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 10-47-10/76822
Provenance
Exchange participant American Antiquarian Society (01/01/1910)

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