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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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