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Object Number
94-57-10/R17
Display Title
Beluga lance heads. Made of ground slate, wood, boleen. Lanceolate-shaped point.
Descriptions
Object Description
Beluga lance heads. Made of ground slate, wood, boleen. Lanceolate-shaped point
Inventory Description
Harpoon heads, ground stone points, chipped, wood shaft, lashed with baleen
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1894
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Wood, Flint, Stone, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 44.5 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm (17 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
R\17 & Broken in the museum
Provenance
Collector
Frederick H. Rindge
(?)
Donor
Frederick H. Rindge
(1894)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94-57-10/R16 | Beluga lance heads of transluscent beige chert. Darts for throwing board. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50313 | Beluga or white whale lance heads and case |
Harpoon
|
Port Clarence
| |
| 88-51-10/50202 | Beluga or white whale lance-head |
Harpoon
|
Unalakleet
| |
| 88-51-10/50224 | Beluga or white whale lance head-headed with chipped glass |
Harpoon
|
Cape Darby
| |
| 88-51-10/50162 | Beluga or white whale lance head |
Harpoon
|
Anvik
| |
| 88-51-10/50249 | Beluga lance head, glass point |
Harpoon
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50209 | Beluga or white whale lance-head, slate blade/point |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/52085 | Beluga or white whale lancehead |
Harpoon
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52084 | Beluga or white whale lancehead |
Harpoon
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 09-8-10/74526 | White whale lance head |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 32-20-10/48 | Whalebone harpoon head with slate lance |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 2004.24.19122 | Bow head whale with fan like boleen |
Alaska
|