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Object Number 88-51-10/50370.2
Display Title Seal darts
Descriptions
Object Description Seal darts
Inventory Description Harpoon, barbed point wrapped to shaft with fiber
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Dimensions Overall: 142.1 x 1.4 x 1.5 cm (55 15/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10-50370.2; 89248 / 522 Ooglaanica 1882

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