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Object Number 88-51-10/50085
Display Title Harpoon foreshaft of antler, slate blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon point, bone or antler shaft, notched, chipped stone point
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kusquqvagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kuskokwim
Materials Bone, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 26.8 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm (10 9/16 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50085, K.K., [2607], [36346], Alaska, Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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