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Object Number
88-51-10/50700
Display Title
Harpoon point
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon point, metal blade hafted to carved wood head, reed-lashed, resinous
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Makah
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Washington
Additional Geographic Terms
Neeah Bay
Materials
Wood, Metal, Resin, Reed
Dimensions
Overall: 14.8 x 5.4 x 2.7 cm (5 13/16 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50700 & [74177]
Provenance
Collector
James G. Swan
(1885)
Intermediary
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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