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Object Number
07-8-10/75264
Display Title
Spear point, seal ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon point, carved ivory or antler, tubular shaft with 10 barbs, sharp point
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
/
Flaxman Island
Materials
Ivory?, Antler?
Dimensions
Overall: 14.7 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm (5 13/16 x 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
75264
Provenance
Expedition
Anglo-American Polar Expedition
(1907)
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1907)
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