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Seal Spear Head

Date1905

Mediumbone, mammal skin, iron

DimensionsOther: 2.3 × 27.5 cm (7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)

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Haida

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-936

Object numberHRC 00936

Descriptionwith an iron blade inserted in end of bone head and held in place with strip of skin. bone head carved to have 4 barbs on each side. oval hole in stem and not in centre. vertical marks each side of end of stem.
collected in Skidegate

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