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Wooden harpoon with walrus ivory socket and foreshaft
Wooden harpoon with walrus ivory socket and foreshaft
Object Number 44-37-10/27466
Display Title Wooden harpoon with walrus ivory socket and foreshaft
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon, Wood shaft, ivory point attached with leather thong
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / Labrador
Additional Geographic Terms Ungava
Materials Wood, Bone, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 166 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm (65 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 44-37-10/27466
Provenance
Provenance Capt. E. W. Hawkes (1914)

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