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Object Number
41-29-10/23160
Display Title
Harpoon foreshaft receiver (socket piece) of ivory
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon, portion of shaft, carved ivory, tubular, perforated, punctate, end work
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Modern
- Saint Lawrence Island Yupik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Lawrence Island
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 21.1 x 2.9 x 2.6 cm (8 5/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
41-29-10/23160; 54.; M-1775
Provenance
Provenance
Froelich G. Rainey
(1926-1939)
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