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Object Number 69-20-10/1298
Display Title Eskimo arrow
Descriptions
Object Description Esquimo arrow
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: 122.5 x 1.3 x 3 cm (48 1/4 x 1/2 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 69-20-10/1298
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Boston Marine Society (1869)

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