Arrow with loose wooden shaft and bone head with three barbs

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Object Number 46-78-10/28064

Display Title Arrow with loose wooden shaft and bone head with three barbs

Descriptions

Object Description Arrow with loose wooden shaft and bone head with three barbs

Inventory Description Harpoon point, carved bone, 3 barbs, worked to point, 3 sided, chipped

Classification

Harpoon

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Western Arctic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska

Materials Bone

Dimensions Overall: 21.8 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (8 9/16 x 7/16 x 7/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 46.78.10/28064

Provenance

Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (01/01/1871)

Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (11/27/1946)

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