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Object Number
88-51-10/50235
Display Title
Barbed seal harpoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoons, bone end with insertble barbed point, long leather thong
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
<County>
/
St. Michael
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Wood, Bone, Leather, Sinew, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 133 x 2.5 x 2.8 cm (52 3/8 x 1 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
88-51-10/50235; 29815 Norton Sd. Alaska. Turner
Provenance
Collector
Lucien M. Turner
(1876)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50229 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50233 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50232 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50235.1 | Barbed seal harpoon. |
Harpoon
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50228 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50234 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50230 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 31-32-10/K111 | Seal harpoons |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50231 | Barbed seal harpoon |
Fishing and trapping
|
Unalakleet
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Barbed seal harpoon.
| 88-51-10/50231.1 | Barbed seal harpoon. |
Harpoon
|
United States
| |
| 88-51-10/50239 | Barbed harpoons |
Harpoon
|
St. Michael
| |
| 88-51-10/50106 | Feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
|