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Object Number 67-2-10/1163
Display Title Bone harpoon dart
Descriptions
Object Description Bone harpoon dart
Inventory Description Carved bone harpoon, perforated
Classification
  • Harpoon
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast?
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 45.8 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm (18 1/16 x 1 1/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 1163
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Harvard College (1867)

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