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Object Number
88-51-10/50120
Display Title
Seal dart
Descriptions
Object Description
Seal dart
Inventory Description
Harpoon, blunt bone end with barbed point, split feather end
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Chaleitmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Kuskokwim region; Nunivak Island, opposite
Materials
Wood, Bone, Sinew, Feather, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 122 x 2 x 2.8 cm (48 1/16 x 13/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50120; Alaska / Norton/ 36093 crossed out
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1879)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-32-10/K112 | Seal dart. Used with throwing stick. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50106 | Feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 98-18-10/51947 | Imperfect seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 04-28-10/63521 | Double feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50370.1 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50110 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50370 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 01-16-10/57019.1 | Boat hook and seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50109 | Feathered seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 90-17-10/48425 | Atlatl dart for seal; point missing |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51948 | Imperfect seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
|
| 88-51-10/50370.2 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
|