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Object Number
38-71-10/12976
Display Title
Harpoon, brass head with bone shaft
Descriptions
Object Description
Harpoon, brass head with bone shaft
Inventory Description
Harpoon point, carved bone head with brass point, perforated
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Disko Island
Materials
Bone, Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm (3 1/8 x 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-71-10/12976
Provenance
Collector
Harrison J. Hunt
(1913)
Donor
J. Elmer Littlefield
(July 11, 1938)
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