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Object Number
88-51-10/50296
Display Title
Harpoon head
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Point, metal point, bone socket
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Lawrence Island
Materials
Metal, Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 9.2 x 1.8 x 2.3 cm (3 5/8 x 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50296 / 126925 / St. Lawrence Id / Nelson
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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