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Object Number
36-73-10/6182
Display Title
Lance--wooden shaft with iron point hafted with rawhide & finger check in middle
Descriptions
Object Description
Lance--wooden shaft with iron point hafted and then wound with rawhide to shaft; at the middle of the shaft there is a finger check fastened with a rawhide.
Inventory Description
Spear, flat metal blade lashed to long wood shaft, bone knob at center
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Wood, Metal, Leather, Bone, Iron, Hide
Dimensions
Overall: 179 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm (70 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
36-73-10/6182
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
Raymond Emerson
(06/26/1936 or 04/14/1937)
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