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Object Number 48-6-10/29178
Display Title Copper headed arrows with bone shanks joining head to wooden shaft (with bow 291
Descriptions
Object Description 7 Copper headed arrows with bone shanks joining head to wooden shaft (with bow #10/29177)
Inventory Description Arrow, 6 copper point, 1 iron riveted to bone shank hafted to wooden shaft, feat
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Coronation Gulf
Dimensions Overall: 94.5 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm (37 3/16 x 7/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 7
Label on object 48-6-10/29178
Provenance
Provenance James E. F. Wight (1916)

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