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Object Number
76-46-10/10521
Display Title
Bone and iron harpoon point
Descriptions
Object Description
Bone and iron harpoon point
Inventory Description
Harpoon, carved bone head, barbed, metal point - rusted, nailed to head
Classification
- Harpoon
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
Materials
Bone, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 13 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm (5 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
10521
Provenance
Collector
W. N. Brookhouse
(1860)
Donor
Peabody Academy of Science
(October, 1876)
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