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Object Number
88-51-10/50224
Display Title
Beluga or white whale lance head-headed with chipped glass
Descriptions
Object Description
Beluga or white whale lance head-headed with chipped glass
Inventory Description
Harpoon, chipped glass point hafted to wood shaft with sinew
Classification
- Harpoon
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
Materials
Wood, Glass, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 25.6 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm (10 1/16 x 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50224, [5131], Norton
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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