Spear

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Culture/People: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
Previous owner: Boy's Missionary Society, Church of the Pilgrims; Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])
Donor: Long Island Historical Society (Brooklyn Historical Society [after 1985])

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the Bühner collection of the Boy's Missionary Society, Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York); presented by the Boy's Missionary Society to the Long Island Historical Society in 1898; lent to MAI by the Long Island Historical Society in 1920; donated to NMAI by the Brooklyn Historical Society in 2020.
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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: 10/3538
Barcode: 103538.000

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Spear
Media/Materials: Stone, hide, wood
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6327a2979-225c-400a-99cc-0a96f1a36fd6

Record ID: NMAI_111784