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Salmon spear
Object Number 97-17-10/51092
Display Title Salmon spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Salmon spear, 3 metal nail hooks, 2 bone heads lashed to wood handle
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / Labrador
Additional Geographic Terms Hebron
Materials Wood, Bone, Metal, String
Dimensions Overall: 65.2 x 12 x 2.7 cm (25 11/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51092 & 749
Provenance
Provenance Jewell D. Sornborger (1897)

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