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Object Number
87-15-10/45768
Display Title
Point of salmon spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon point, carved bone, lashed with sinew and fiber cord, set with resin
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1887
Culture
- Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Alert Bay
Materials
Bone, Sinew, Fiber cord
Dimensions
Overall: 12.1 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm (4 3/4 x 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87-15-10/45768
Provenance
Collector
Alice C. Fletcher
(1883-1886)
Donor
Alice C. Fletcher
(1887)
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