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Object Number
99-12-70/53179
Display Title
Harpoon head
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Harpoon head, carved bone, pointed, barbed cutout
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Date
before 1899
Culture
- Yahgan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania
Additional Geographic Terms
Yahqau
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 38.1 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm (15 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
53179
Credit Line
Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance
Boston Museum
Donor
David P. Kimball
Donor
L. Cushing Kimball
Donor
Augusta K. Horton
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