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Object Number 88-51-10/50209
Display Title Beluga or white whale lance-head, slate blade/point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spearpoint, stone blade, wooden shaft, notched, sinew lashing
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Dimensions Overall: 29 x 2.7 x 1 cm (11 7/16 x 1 1/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50209/ 795/ 33155/ Norton Sd/ Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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