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Object Number
98-18-10/52085
Display Title
Beluga or white whale lancehead
Descriptions
Object Description
Beluga or white whale lancehead
Inventory Description
Harpoon, chipped stone point hafted to wood shaft with bark or reed lashing
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, Stone, Reed?, Bark?
Dimensions
Overall: 43.6 x 2.9 x 1.4 cm (17 3/16 x 1 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52085, 172
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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