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Object Number
88-51-10/50113
Display Title
Bird trident
Descriptions
Object Description
Bird trident
Inventory Description
Spear, barbed bone trident points lashed to wood shaft
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Askinakmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Southwest; Askinuk
Materials
Wood, Bone, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 165 x 6.5 x 2.2 cm (64 15/16 x 2 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50113; Aski / Alaska 36128 [crossed out] Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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Alaska
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| 88-51-10/50247 | Bird trident |
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Alaska
| |
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