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Object Number
23-21-10/97986
Display Title
Lance, dart-harpoon for throwing stick, harpoon and floats
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, metal point on bone, attached to broken cylindrical shaft
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Materials
Wood, Bone, Metal, Leather, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 133.2 x 4.1 x 8.6 cm (52 7/16 x 1 5/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
23-21-10/97986
Provenance
Provenance
Dr. John C. Phillips
(1896;1922)
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