Harpoon head

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Object Number 80-21-60/22437

Display Title Harpoon head

Descriptions

Object Description Harpoon head

Inventory Description Harpoon, flat iron blade, carved bone, barbed setting, fiber rope attached

Classification

Harpoon

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Ainu

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / Japan

Materials Iron, Bone, Fiber

Dimensions Overall: 22.1 x 2.9 x 1.3 cm (8 11/16 x 1 1/8 x 1/2 in.)

Quantity 1

Provenance

Collector Prof. Edward Sylvester Morse (1879 - 1880)

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