Wooden box containing 6 slate harpoon points

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Object Number 98-18-10/52039

Display Title Wooden box containing 6 slate harpoon points

Descriptions

Inventory Description Wood box, grooved, containing six slate points on bed of wood shavings

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Sinrarmiut

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area

Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of

Materials Wood, Slate

Dimensions Overall: 3.8 x 5.9 x 3.7 cm (1 1/2 x 2 5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)

Quantity 8

Label on object 52039

Provenance

Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)

Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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