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Object Number
88-51-10/50313
Display Title
Beluga or white whale lance heads and case
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Set of harpoons and sewn leather case, metal point hafted to wood shaft lashed
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
Port Clarence
Materials
Leather, Wood, Metal, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 39.8 x 3 x 1.3 cm (15 11/16 x 1 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
7
Label on object
50313, 46079 & 3739 [both crossed out], Eskimo, Port Clarence, Dall
Provenance
Collector
William Healey Dall
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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