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Object Number 98-18-10/52020
Display Title Bone arrow point (barbed)
Descriptions
Object Description Bone arrow point (barbed)
Inventory Description Worked point, sharpened ends, notched mid-section
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 13.9 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm (5 1/2 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52020
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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