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Object Number
87-25-10/43940
Display Title
Bird dart - wood and ivory spear with barbs on staff
Descriptions
Object Description
Bird dart - wood and ivory spear with barbs on staff
Inventory Description
Organic, wood, tool, spear, bone point one end, trident spear at center, curved
Classification
- Dart
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwest Coast
Materials
Wood, Bone, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 174 x 6 x 4.7 cm (68 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87-25-10/43940
Provenance
Provenance
Capt. Newell
(?)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Spear
|
North America
| |
| 41-33-10/23480 | Bone or ivory harpoon/spear point; row of small barbs |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Bone dart head with line hole & 2 double barbs
| 50-45-10/33030 | Bone dart head with line hole & 2 double barbs |
Harpoon point
|
Unalakleet
| |
| 91-6-70/50582 | Palm wood spear without barbs |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 50-45-10/32807 | Bone dart or arrowhead - 2 double barbs, center hole |
Point
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 08-4-10/72932 | Model bird dart |
Spear
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/51946 | Bird dart |
Spear
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 91-6-70/50579.7 | Small palm wood spears without barbs |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 91-6-70/50583.1 | Palm wood spear without barbs |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
| 91-6-70/50583.2 | Palm wood spear without barbs |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
|
| 91-6-70/50583.3 | Palm wood spear without barbs |
Spear
|
Papua New Guinea
| |
| 08-36-70/74213.3 | Spears with hard wood barbs, generally used for throwing |
Spear
|
Eastern Lepanto
Northern Nueva Vizcaya |