Arrow points of bone

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Object Number 67-9-10/174

Display Title Arrow points of bone

Descriptions

Inventory Description Harpoon point, carved bone, barbed, 1 end worked to pointed peg

Classification

Harpoon

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Northwest Coast

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America

Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast

Materials Bone

Dimensions Overall: 18.5 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm (7 5/16 x 5/8 x 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 174

Provenance

Collector Unknown (?)

Donor Boston Athenaeum (1867)

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