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Object Number
88-51-10/50112
Display Title
Bird spear with broken shaft (harpoon?)
Descriptions
Object Description
Bird spear with broken shaft (harpoon?)
Inventory Description
Spear, wood shaft, double pronged serrated bone pt bound withsinew, broken
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Nunivaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Bethel Census Area
/
Nunivak Island
Materials
Wood, Bone, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 81 x 3 x 1.9 cm (31 7/8 x 1 3/16 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50112/ 994/ Nunivak/ W.H.Hall
Provenance
Collector
William Healey Dall
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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