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Object Number
87-25-10/43939
Display Title
Wood and bone spear point (fish spear?)
Descriptions
Object Description
Wood and bone spear point (fish spear?)
Inventory Description
Fish spear, three bone barbs hafted onto wooden handle
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Wood, Bone, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 56 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (22 1/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
43939
Provenance
Provenance
Capt. Newell
(?)
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