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Object Number 69-20-10/1297
Display Title Eskimo arrows
Descriptions
Inventory Description Arrow, detached barbed point on string attached to wood shaft, feather ends
Classification
  • Arrow
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 115 x 1.2 x 2.2 cm (45 1/4 x 1/2 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 69-20-10/1297
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Boston Marine Society (1869)

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Eskimo arrow
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Arrow
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