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Object Number 69-30-10/1976
Display Title Foreshaft for dart
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle, carved ivory, perforated, noded end
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 15.9 x 1.3 x 1 cm (6 1/4 x 1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 1976
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867 - 1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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