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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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