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Object Number
67-10-10/258
Display Title
Spear point of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon head and point, carved bone head, carved ivory point, broken, barbed
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1790
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwest Coast
Materials
Bone, Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm (8 7/16 x 5/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
67-10-10/258
Provenance
Collector
Capt. James Magee
(1791-1793 - 1794)
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|
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| |
| 2002.1.1943 | 9 bone and ivory harpoon and trident points |
Harpoon
| ||
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Harpoon
|
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| |
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Harpoon
|
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| |
| 67-10-10/264 | Spear point of bone |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 2002.1.1816 | Harpoon and barbed spear point, stone and bone |
Harpoon
|
Alaska?
| |
| 2002.1.1815 | Bone harpoon point with string line |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
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Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-20-10/1393 | Bone implement, carved, denticulated |
Harpoon
|
North America
| |
| 07-8-10/75264 | Spear point, seal ? |
Harpoon
|
Flaxman Island
| |
| 974-5-10/52161 | Barbed ivory harpoon point. |
Harpoon
|
North America
| |
| 94-57-10/R24 | Harpoon head, ivory. Head has 5 barbs: 2 on one side, 3 on the other. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
|