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Object Number
88-51-10/50388
Display Title
Foreshaft for whale or walrus harpoon
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon shaft, carved ivory foreshaft, broken at wide end
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms
Cumberland Gulf
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 40.5 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm (15 15/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88-51-10/50388
Provenance
Provenance
Ludwig Kumlein
(1838-1886)
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