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Harpoon Head

CultureOld Bearing Sea III, Alaska
Dateca. 300-500 C.E.
MediumWalrus ivory
DimensionsOverall: 1 × 5 1/4 × 5/8 inches (2.54 × 13.34 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dale and Karen Rice
Object number2010.1.2
On View
Not on view
DescriptionAbstract object with a whole in its center and pointed ends, one with a slot; overall object is composed of mottled brown ivory and ornamented with an incised design of lines and circles.
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ca. 300-500 C.E.
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recto overall
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side A overall
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1990
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overall
ca. 1840
31-125/13
Hammer
1907
74-25/3