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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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