Spear Point

50-51-15

From: United States of America | Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 50-51-15
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone
Technique Carved
Description

Ivory (?). Only very slightly curved. Tip barbed on one side - seven barbs. Notch opposite first barb. Base tapers to a small, roughened point. More rectangular the cylindrical.

Height 0.4 cm
Length 12.2 cm
Width 0.9 cm
Credit Line Bering Strait Expedition, F. G. Rainey, 1950

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