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Fish spear
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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