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Object Number
21-14-10/97886
Display Title
Reworked fire shaft
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon point, carved antler, 2 barbs, butt end flattened for hafting
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Nunavut
Additional Geographic Terms
Coppermine River and King Williams Island, between
Materials
Antler
Dimensions
Overall: 8.3 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (3 1/4 x 7/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
97886
Provenance
Collector
Alfred H. Anderson
(1920-1921)
Donor
Alfred H. Anderson
(1921)
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