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Object Number
88-51-10/50229
Display Title
Barbed seal harpoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoons, blunt bone end, barbed points attached with leather, split feather end
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Unaliqmiut?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Wood, Bone, Sinew, Leather, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 132.4 x 2 x 2 cm (52 1/8 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
88-51-10/50229; 33981 / Norton Sd. Nelson; 34012
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50233 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
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St. Michael
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| 88-51-10/50235 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50232 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50235.1 | Barbed seal harpoon. |
Harpoon
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50228 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50234 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50106 | Feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50230 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50239 | Barbed harpoons |
Harpoon
|
St. Michael
| |
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for Barbed seal harpoon.
| 88-51-10/50231.1 | Barbed seal harpoon. |
Harpoon
|
United States
| |
| 88-51-10/50231 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Fishing and trapping
|
Unalakleet
| |
| 88-51-10/50245 | Seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
|