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Object Number 01-16-10/57024
Display Title Harpoon head and line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon head and line, rawhide line, carved bone head and toggle, metal point
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northeast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nova Scotia
Additional Geographic Terms Halifax
Dimensions Overall: 65.3 x 38 x 5.2 cm (25 11/16 x 14 15/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 57024
Provenance
Collector David I. Bushnell, Sr. (1892-1894)
Donor Donated by David I. Bushnell, Jr. (1901)

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