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Object Number
88-51-10/50106
Display Title
Feathered seal dart
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoons, blunt bone end, barbed point attached with leather, split feather ends
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Nunivaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Bethel Census Area
/
Nunivak Island
Dimensions
Overall: 124 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (48 13/16 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
88-51-10/501066679 / 48368 Nuneeva / Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(1879)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50109 | Feathered seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 04-28-10/63521 | Double feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Bethel Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50120 | Seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 31-32-10/K112 | Seal dart. Used with throwing stick. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50229 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 36-73-10/6180 | Harpoon dart; used w/ throwing stick. One end feathered, the other w/ foreshaft. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50110 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 01-16-10/57019.1 | Boat hook and seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50233 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
St. Michael
| |
| 90-17-10/48425 | Atlatl dart for seal; point missing |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51948 | Imperfect seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 88-51-10/50370.1 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
North Slope Burough
|