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Barbed harpoon with bladder float
Barbed harpoon with bladder float
Object Number 88-51-10/50241
Display Title Barbed harpoon with bladder float
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon, bone end with inserted barbed point, leather wrap, bladder separated
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Wood, Bone, Leather, Pigment, Bladder
Dimensions Overall: 148.6 x 4.7 x 2.4 cm (58 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 88-51-10/50241
Provenance
Collector Lucien M. Turner (1876)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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