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Object Number
32-20-10/35
Display Title
Whalebone harpoon head without lance
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon head, point missing, incised and perforated
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 23 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm (9 1/16 x 1 7/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
32-20-10/35
Provenance
Collector
John Munro Longyear
(?)
Donor
Mrs. Abby Beecher Robers
(August 19, 1932)
Donor
Helen F. Paul
(8/19/32)
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