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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
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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