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Object Number
88-51-10/50370
Display Title
Seal darts
Descriptions
Object Description
Seal darts
Inventory Description
Harpoon, blunt bone tip, barbed point wrapped onto wood shaft with sinew
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Wood, Ivory, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 147 x 2 x 2.1 cm (57 7/8 x 13/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50370; EH Ray, USA / 72790 / Oogla 1887
Provenance
Collector
Lt. P. H. Ray
(1882)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88-51-10/50370.1 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
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| 88-51-10/50370.2 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50110 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50109 | Feathered seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 88-51-10/50107.1 | Seal darts. |
Harpoon
|
United States
| |
| 88-51-10/50107 | Seal darts |
Harpoon
|
Nunivak Island
| |
| 04-28-10/63521 | Double feathered seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 31-32-10/K112 | Seal dart. Used with throwing stick. |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50120 | Seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50245 | Seal harpoon |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 01-16-10/57019.1 | Boat hook and seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1642 | Seal dart |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
|