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Object Number
67-10-10/264
Display Title
Spear point of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon head, carved bone, barbed, incised design, grooved
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1790
Culture
- Eskimo?
- Aleut?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Alaska Peninsula region
Materials
Bone, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 11.4 x 2.6 x 1 cm (4 1/2 x 1 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
264
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(01/01/1790)
Donor
Massachusetts Historical Society
(01/01/1867)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67-10-10/258 | Spear point of bone |
Harpoon
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North America
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| 67-10-10/262 | Spear points of bone |
Harpoon
|
North America
| |
| 2002.1.1816 | Harpoon and barbed spear point, stone and bone |
Harpoon
|
Alaska?
| |
| 41-33-10/23480 | Bone or ivory harpoon/spear point; row of small barbs |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 90-17-10/48422 | Bone harpoon heads |
Harpoon
|
Alaska?
| |
| 67-10-10/283 | Spear point of bone |
Harpoon
|
North America
| |
| 14-27-10/85849 | Barbed bone spear |
Harpoon
|
Kishgagass Village
| |
| 13-34-10/85244 | Bone or horn spear point with two rows of small barbs |
Harpoon
|
North America
| |
| 2002.1.1814 | Bone harpoon point with leather line |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 67-10-10/261 | Spear point of bone |
Harpoon
|
North America
| |
| 15-36-10/86467 | Beaver spear or harpoon. Point and barb of bone inserted loosely in end. |
Harpoon
|
British Columbia
| |
| 76-46-10/10521 | Bone and iron harpoon point |
Harpoon
|
United States
|