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Object Number 98-18-10/52146
Display Title Toggle head for whale harpoon
Descriptions
Object Description Toggle head for whale harpoon
Inventory Description Harpoon heads, perforated and incised, one wrapped with sinew, points missing
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 Bone, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm (8 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 52146/ 7/ 8
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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