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Object Number
36-73-10/6179
Display Title
Harpoon dart; used w/ throwing stick. One end feathered, the other w/ foreshaft.
Descriptions
Object Description
Harpoon dart; used with a throwing stick: one end is feathered, the other end with walrus ivory foreshafts.
Inventory Description
Ivory harpoon dart, 2 double pronged tangs, perforated.
Classification
- Raw Material
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Feather, Walrus tooth
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm (6 5/16 x 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-73-10/6179
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
Raymond Emerson
(06/26/1936 or 04/14/1937)
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