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Harpoon, brass head with bone shaft
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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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