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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
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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