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Object Number
67-9-10/188
Display Title
Spear point of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Projectile point, metal point, ivory socket, perforated and carved
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwest Coast
Materials
Ivory, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 1.4 x 2.3 cm (2 3/8 x 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
188
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Boston Athenaeum
(1867)
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