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Object Number
67-10-10/263
Display Title
Toggling harpoon head, iron point
Descriptions
Object Description
Spear point of bone and iron. Toggling harpoon head. Iron point.
Inventory Description
Harpoon head, carved bone, triangular steel point inserted
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1790
Culture
- Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwest Coast
Materials
Iron, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 12.6 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm (4 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
67-10-10/263
Provenance
Collector
Capt. James Magee
(ca. 1790)
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(1867)
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