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Slate lance blade
Object Number 88-51-10/50163
Display Title Slate lance blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description Ground stone slate projectile point, lanceolate, grooven in center.
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / <County> / St. Michael
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 5.2 x 2.6 x 0.3 cm (2 1/16 x 1 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50163; 24230; Shean Hir##
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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