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Object Number 32-20-10/48
Display Title Whalebone harpoon head with slate lance
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon head, missing point, incised and perforated
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 25.3 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm (9 15/16 x 1 5/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-20-10/48
Provenance
Collector John Munro Longyear (?)
Donor Helen F. Paul (8/19/32)
Donor Mrs. Abby Beecher Robers (August 19, 1932)

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