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Object Number 69-30-10/1642
Display Title Seal dart
Descriptions
Object Description Dart with moveable head. Seal dart
Inventory Description Harpoon, blunt bone tip, red shaft, no point, sinew unraveling
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 129.2 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm (50 7/8 x 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 69-30-10/1642
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (10/01/1867-07/01/1868)
Dealer Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (01/01/1869)

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