Bone spear point with line used for spearing large fish. Point is two bone valve

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Object Number 67-7-10/261A

Display Title Bone spear point with line used for spearing large fish. Point is two bone valve

Descriptions

Object Description Bone spear point with line used for spearing large fish. Point is two bone valve

Inventory Description Spearpoint, two bone valves, lashed together, fiber cordage

Classification

Spear

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Northwest Coast

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America

Materials Bone, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 19 x 13.5 x 2.5 cm (7 1/2 x 5 5/16 x 1 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 67-7-10/261A

Provenance

Collector Unknown (?)

Donor Charles Cushman (1867)

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