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Object Number
88-51-10/50238
Display Title
Bird harpoon with side prongs
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
nu-yot
Inventory Description
Spear, large barbed point on wood shaft, 2 prongs of trident remain at end
Classification
- Spear
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, Ivory, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 167 x 6.1 x 1.8 cm (65 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50238; 29801 / Norton Sd. Turner / Alaska
Provenance
Collector
Lucien M. Turner
(1876)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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