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Object Number
88-51-10/50104
Display Title
Stabbing knife, iron blade (harpoon point?)
Descriptions
Object Description
Stabbing knife, iron blade (harpoon point?)
Inventory Description
Harpoon, wood shaft, cracked, perforated metal point hafted to ivory tip
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Nunivaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
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United States
/
Alaska
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Bethel Census Area
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Nunivak Island
Materials
Wood, Ivory, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 23.4 x 3 x 1.8 cm (9 3/16 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50104, 6569 [crossed out], 48226, Nunivak Isld.
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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