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Bone arrow head with iron point
Bone arrow head with iron point
Object Number 67-10-10/26476
Display Title Bone arrow head with iron point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon or arrow, bone shaft, barbed, one end pegged, hafted metal point
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Alaska
Materials Bone, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 24.5 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm (9 5/8 x 13/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 67-10-10/26476
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Massachusetts Historical Society (1867)

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