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Object Number
52-6-10/33284
Display Title
Ivory harpoon head - undecorated
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon tip, carved ivory, perforated, slit for inserting point
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Hope
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 8.8 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm (3 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
52-6-10/33284
Provenance
Provenance
Dunbar Lockwood
(1913)
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