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Object Number
88-51-10/50395
Display Title
Fish spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Fish spear, carved wood handle, 3 metal hooks lashed with sinew, Y-shaped
Classification
- Spear
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms
Hudson Bay
Materials
Wood, Metal, Sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 6.1 x 1.3 cm (13 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50395, [68131], Esquimo JTBrown
Provenance
Provenance
J. Thomas Brown
(1838-1886)
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