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Ivory spear or harpoon points
Ivory spear or harpoon points
Object Number 67-9-10/173R
Display Title Ivory spear or harpoon points
Descriptions
Object Description Quiver & arrows. Ivory spear or harpoon points
Inventory Description Harpoon points, carved bone, 1 serrated,1 spear-shaped
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
  • Chukchee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
Additional Geographic Terms Caucacus, Eastern
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 18.7 x 1.6 x 0.8 cm (7 3/8 x 5/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 173R
Provenance
Provenance Unknown (?)
Collector Unknown (? - 1867)

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