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Object Number
67-10-10/257
Display Title
Spear points of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon, barbed, perforated, sinew cord
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1790
Culture
- Western Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Penninsula Region; Northwest Coast
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 25.3 x 2.6 x 0.8 cm (9 15/16 x 1 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
3
Label on object
257/ 257 - A/ 257 3/ llHS
Provenance
Collector
Capt. James Magee
(1791-1793 - 1794)
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67-9-10/175 | Spear point of bone |
Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
| 87-25-10/43939 | Wood and bone spear point (fish spear?) |
Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
| 67-10-10/262 | Spear points of bone |
Harpoon
|
North America
| |
| 67-9-10/188 | Spear point of bone |
Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
| 23-49-60/D1861 | Point for fish spear |
Fishing and trapping
|
Siberia
| |
| 88-51-10/50231 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Fishing and trapping
|
Unalakleet
| |
| 67-24-10/636 | Esquimo arrow points of bone |
Fishing and trapping
|
Northwest Territories
| |
| 90-17-10/49341 | Cord of braided sinew, or cord and martingale for harpoon |
Fishing and trapping
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/52168 | Models of bird darts, points missing |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 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
| |
| 36-56-50/1439 | Iron head of fish spear |
Fishing and trapping
|
Zambia
|