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Slate harpoon head
Object Number 88-51-10/50344
Display Title Slate harpoon head
Descriptions
Inventory Description Projectile point, harpoon point?, ground stone, flat, triangular
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Utqiaguigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 6.1 x 4.9 x 0.4 cm (2 3/8 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50344; [56706 G.] [144.] G. Pt. Barrow
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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