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Object Number 46-36-10/28984
Display Title 3-pronged fish spear of wood and ivory
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spear, barbed bone trident at end attached to wood shaft
Classification
  • Spear
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 161 x 3.4 x 2 cm (63 3/8 x 1 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 46-36-10/28984
Provenance
Collector General George Crook (Unknown)
Donor Raymond Emerson (05/27/1946)

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