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Object Number 52-6-10/33285
Display Title Ivory harpoon head - carved
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon head, perforated, incised
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 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm (3 1/8 x 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52-6-10/33285
Provenance
Provenance Dunbar Lockwood (1913)

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