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Object Number 11-37-10/82912
Display Title Sea-otter spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon, blunt bone end, painted red shaft, barbed point on sinew rope
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Aleutian Islands / Atka Island
Additional Geographic Terms Aleutian Islands; Andreanof Islands
Dimensions Overall: 128.7 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm (50 11/16 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 11-37-10/82912
Provenance
Collector Prof. T. A. Jaggar, Jr. (01/01/1907)
Donor Prof. T. A. Jaggar, Jr. (01/01/1911)

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