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Object Number
31-32-10/K103
Display Title
White whale spear - walrus tusk
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Spear, linear design incised on pointed tip, broken, on red stained wood shaft
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area
/
Prince of Wales Island
Materials
Wood, Bone, Ivory, Sinew, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 124 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm (48 13/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
31-32-10/K103
Provenance
Collector
Raymond Emerson
(?)
Collector
General George Crook
Donor
Raymond Emerson
(1931)
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