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Object Number
88-51-10/50231
Display Title
Barbed seal harpoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoons, bone tip on wood shaft, barbed projectile points attached with leather
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
Unalakleet
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Wood, Bone, Leather, Feather, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 152 x 2.5 x 1 cm (59 13/16 x 1 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
4
Label on object
88-51-10/50231; 34039 / Norton sd Nelson/ 4111c / 36090 / 200 / Alaska
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| 88-51-10/50231.1 | Barbed seal harpoon. |
Harpoon
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United States
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| 88-51-10/50229 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
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Alaska
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| 88-51-10/50235 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
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St. Michael
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| 88-51-10/50233 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
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St. Michael
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| 88-51-10/50232 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
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Alaska
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| 88-51-10/50234 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
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St. Michael
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| 88-51-10/50235.1 | Barbed seal harpoon. |
Harpoon
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St. Michael
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| 88-51-10/50228 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
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Alaska
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| 31-32-10/K111 | Seal harpoons |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
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| 88-51-10/50230 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
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Alaska
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| 98-18-10/52163 | Model of seal harpoon |
Fishing and trapping
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Alaska
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| 88-51-10/50239 | Barbed harpoons |
Harpoon
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St. Michael
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