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Bird spear with broken shaft (harpoon?)
Bird spear with broken shaft (harpoon?)
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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