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Harpoon with bladder float
Harpoon with bladder float
Object Number 88-51-10/50236
Display Title Harpoon with bladder float
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon, painted green, barbed point, bladder with wood plug
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / <County> / St. Michael
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Wood, Bone, Leather, Pigment, Bladder
Dimensions Overall: 154 x 3.5 x 5.3 cm (60 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 88-51-10/50236; Nelson / 33935 / Norton Sd.
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (1878)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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