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Harpoon heads.
Object Number 13-52-10/87939.1
Display Title Harpoon heads.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone harpoon head, barbed, perforated, chipped.
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • North Alaska Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 14.6 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (5 3/4 x 1 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87939
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Donor Donated by Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Donor Donated by John B. Stetson, Jr.

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