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Object Number 50-45-10/32856
Display Title Ivory harpoon foreshaft receiver? - socket end roughened
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, utilized bone, worked, grooved and partially perforated
Classification
  • Utilized bone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Saint Lawrence Island Yupik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island / Seklowaghataget
Additional Geographic Terms St. Lawrence Island
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 8.9 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (3 1/2 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50-45-10/32856; 360-3

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