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Object Number 23-29-10/98082
Display Title Seal harpoon head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon head, metal blade hafted to carved bone head, perforated.
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • East Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Greenland, Eastern
Materials Bone, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 15 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm (5 7/8 x 1 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98082
Provenance
Provenance Christian Leden (1923)

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