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Image Not Available for Whale lance head of flint
Whale lance head of flint
Image Not Available for Whale lance head of flint
Object Number 88-51-10/50223
Display Title Whale lance head of flint
Descriptions
Object Description Whale lance head of flint
Inventory Description Point
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / Cape Darby
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1876)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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