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Object Number 67-10-10/262
Display Title Spear points of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon heads, carved bone, barbed, lashed with sinew, points missing
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1790
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Dimensions Overall: 10.9 x 2.9 x 2.1 cm (4 5/16 x 1 1/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 67-10-10/262 & 262a / MHS & 262 / MHS
Provenance
Collector Capt. James Magee (ca. 1790)
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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