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Object Number
69-20-10/1393
Display Title
Bone implement, carved, denticulated
Descriptions
Object Description
Spear point, of walrus tusk. Bone implement, carved, denticulated
Inventory Description
Harpoon point, carved ivory, barbed and grooved
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwest Coast
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 47.7 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm (18 3/4 x 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
1393
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Boston Marine Society
(1869)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Needle
|
Alaska
| |
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Raw Material
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| |
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Harpoon
|
Northwest Territories
| |
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Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/2002 | Model of kayak carved in walrus tusk |
Carving
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/2031 | Implement carved from walrus tusk; drill bow? |
Raw Material
Tools |
Alaska
| |
| 36-73-10/6181 | Harpoon with walrus tusk point |
Harpoon
|
Alaska
| |
| 53-36-60/10139 | Harpoon line of seal or walrus strips - has walrus ivory head with steel blade |
Harpoon
|
Siberia
| |
| 67-10-10/258 | Spear point of bone |
Harpoon
|
North America
| |
| 69-30-10/1991 | Ivory implement, awl or pick |
Awl
|
Alaska
| |
| 72-20-60/7103 | Spear head, made of tusk of walrus, with stone point |
Harpoon
Raw Material |
Siberia
| |
| 07-48-10/72363.1 | Harpoon point, carved ivory, barbed, mended |
Harpoon
|
Flaxman Island
|