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Harpoon head
Object Number 80-21-60/22437.1
Display Title Harpoon head
Descriptions
Object Description Harpoon head
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, wood stick, flattened and tapered one end, conical other end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ainu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 42.5 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm (16 3/4 x 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 22.437 (?); 80-21-60/22437.1
Provenance
Collector Prof. Edward Sylvester Morse (1879 - 1880)

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