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Object Number 54-4-10/34449
Display Title Bone side barb for fish spear
Descriptions
Object Description Bone side barb for fish spear
Inventory Description Harpoon, bone
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Southeast
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 12 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm (4 3/4 x 1/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 54-4-10/34449
Provenance
Collector Mr. Philip Dana Orcutt (1943 - 1954)
Donor Mr. Philip Dana Orcutt (1943 - 1954)

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