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Caribou antler harpoon head
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Object Number 47-47-10/29294
Display Title Caribou antler harpoon head
Descriptions
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Greenland, Northeastern coast of; 70-79 degrees north
Provenance
Provenance Lt. Leroy M. McCluskey (1941)

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Caribou hunting arrows, various forms. 2 w/ caribou antler (1 tipped w/ copper)
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Arrow
Nunavut
Small skin scraper. Flaked stone head; handle of caribou antler.
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Tools
British Columbia
Root digger of caribou antler.
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Agricultural
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Ivory carving - five trout on a caribou antler
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Carving
Raw Material
Baker Lake
Carving - stone caribou with ivory antlers
64-34-10/43951 Carving - stone caribou with ivory antlers
Carving
Raw Material
Pelly Bay
Animal bone (reindeer or woodland caribou) antler
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Faunal Remain
France
Lash rope hook of caribou antler.
15-36-10/86314 Lash rope hook of caribou antler.
Hook
British Columbia
Antler carving - caribou
65-7-10/44051 Antler carving - caribou
Carving
Raw Material
Pelly Bay
Ivory carving - 4 trout on a caribou antler
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Carving
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Bowl
Alaska
View of lake shore, Caribou (?) antler in foreground along with blanket.
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Canada
Animal carving (probably caribou), ivory. 4 drill holes in top of head.
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Figurine
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