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Object Number
88-51-10/50126
Display Title
Side prongs for fish spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Points lashed onto rib bone with sinew
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Yukon River
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 4.5 x 2 cm (12 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
50126 & Yukon
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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