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Object Number
98-18-10/52084
Display Title
Beluga or white whale lancehead
Descriptions
Object Description
Beluga or white whale lancehead
Inventory Description
Harpoon, metal point hafted to wood shaft with sinew
Classification
- Harpoon
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, Metal, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 40.5 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm (15 15/16 x 1 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52084, 145 [pencil]
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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