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Object Number 01-13-10/56756
Display Title Spears feathered with eagle feathers - used for sea otters
Descriptions
Object Description Spears feathered with eagle feathers - used for sea otters
Inventory Description Harpoon, blunt bone end, barbed point wrapped onto wood shaft, feather end
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Koniag
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Kodiak Island Borough
Additional Geographic Terms Alaska, Southern
Dimensions Overall: 123.4 x 3.6 x 1.6 cm (48 9/16 x 1 7/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 5
Label on object 01-13-10/56756
Provenance
Intermediary Mary Adams Breck (before 01/01/1901 - 01/01/1901)
Owner Charles Breck
Donor Heirs of Charles Breck (01/01/1901)

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