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Object Number 79-81-10/20107
Display Title Harpoon point
Descriptions
Inventory Description Harpoon point and case, carved ivory point, perforated, attached to leather case
Classification
  • Harpoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Esquimanx
Dimensions Overall: 16.6 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm (6 9/16 x 9/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 20.107
Provenance
Collector Dr. Charles Pickering (1843-1844)
Donor Charles H. Gould (December, 1879)

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