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Object Number
67-9-10/175
Display Title
Spear point of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon, barbed, perforated, sinew cord
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 17.3 x 2.8 x 0.7 cm (6 13/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
175
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Boston Athenaeum
(1867)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Fishing and trapping
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Alaska
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Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
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Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
| 23-49-60/D1861 | Point for fish spear |
Fishing and trapping
|
Siberia
| |
| 90-17-10/49341 | Cord of braided sinew, or cord and martingale for harpoon |
Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50231 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Fishing and trapping
|
Unalakleet
| |
| 98-18-10/52165 | Model of salmon harpoon |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 21-14-10/87667.1 | Seal drags, carved bone & ivory handles w/ braided & knotted sinew cords |
Fishing and trapping
|
Canada
| |
| 67-10-10/262 | Spear points of bone |
Harpoon
|
North America
| |
| 36-56-50/1439 | Iron head of fish spear |
Fishing and trapping
|
Zambia
| |
| 99-11-10/52385 | Implement for tightening cords on sinew-backed bows |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 985-27-10/59282 | Barbed Eskimo spear foreshaft. Carved bone. Prongs along one side. |
Harpoon
Raw Material |
Northwest Territories
|