Spear foreshaft

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Culture/People: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source circa 1920.
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Place: Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 9/7642
Barcode: 097642.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Spear foreshaft
Media/Materials: Ivory
Techniques: Incised, perforated

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66728fd3a-6d39-4501-892e-a49ca5327576

Record ID: NMAI_105577